Plains Midstream Canada responds to leak on Alberta pipeline
Posted Jun 15, 2013 08:13:10 PM.
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MANNING, Alta. – A pipeline company is dealing with a new spill in Alberta.
Plains Midstream Canada says it is responding to a leak on its Kemp natural gas pipeline system approximately 90 kilometres northwest of Manning, Alberta.
The company says the leak involves condensate, a liquid obtained by condensation of a gas or vapor.
The company says the system is 79 kilometres long and transports condensate and other natural gas liquids, which it says are a byproduct of processed natural gas.
Plains Midstream says it doesn’t know yet how much condensate escaped or what caused it, but it says the line has been shut down.
Earlier this month, provincial regulators estimate nearly 10 million litres of waste water containing salt, oil and other minerals spilled from Apache Canada Limited’s pipeline near Zama City.
Greenpeace Canada spokesperson Mike Hudema says spills are happening too often and that the government is failing to protect the environment and communities.
