Industry – Now and Then
Alberta Environment Charges SemCAMS K-A
SemCAMS, ULC’s Kaybob Amalgamated Processing Plant plant (K-A), faces numerous charges under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) following an 18 month investigation into a pipeline failure.
An estimated 850,000 litres (850 cubic meters) of produced water was released … Read the rest
Produced Water Spill near Marshead Creek
The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) and Alberta Environment and Water responded to a produced water spill near Marshead Creek. The incident occurred at a Daylight Energy pipeline on Saturday February 4, 2012.
Clean-up was still in progress on Friday, … Read the rest
Oilfield workers exposed to H2S
One man is dead and two people, including an RCMP officer, admitted to hospital after poisonous hydrogen sulphide leaked Saturday night from a gas production line at a northern Alberta job site, authorities say.
Fox Creek RCMP and firefighters were … Read the rest
When Habitat and Industry Collide
Sleep, food, shelter and a mother’s love; the vital necessities for young lives, were gnarled last weekend.
Heavy equipment operators, re-contouring an abandoned lease site just south of town, unintentionally disrupted a sleeping sow and her three cubs.
A concerned … Read the rest
Industry news; Now and Then
Fox Creek was built on and for serving the energy and forestry industries.
Fluctuations in both sectors significantly influence the culture, prosperity and sustainability of our town.
The topics dominate provincial news and government reporting yet, ‘Patch’ prospects and challenges … Read the rest
