UPDATE: Crews working to prevent oil spill from spreading near Lloydminster
Crews are on the scene of an oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River.
Husky Energy said it isolated a pipeline that carries blended heavy oil and diluent about 30 km east of Lloydminster the morning of Thursday, July 21. A sheen was spotted on the river nearby.
Ralph Bock, manager for hazardous materials and impacted sites for the provincial government, said the oil slick was first noticed at 10 a.m. from the Highway 21 bridge north of Maidstone.
“Through investigation and reporting and cooperation with the Ministry of Economy we determined that it was coming from a pipeline right of way adjacent to the river, about 600 m away, that flowed overland into the river and was impacting the river at that point,” Bock said.