Alberta Energy Regulator lays nine charges against Imperial Oil for 2023 spill
January 17, 2025
The Alberta Energy Regulator has laid nine charges against Imperial Oil IMO-T almost two years after an estimated 5.3 million litres of toxic wastewater spilled from a pond at its Kearl oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta.The charges include failing to report the spill as soon as the company became aware of it, releasing a substance that had or may have had a major impact on the environment and failing to immediately take all reasonable measures to clean up the spill.The company is also facing a charge for “causing the loss or damage of public land.”
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