Husky pleads guilty over oil leak into North Saskatchewan River
Posted Jun 12, 2019 9:50 am.
Last Updated Jun 12, 2019 10:44 am.
LLOYDMINSTER — Husky Energy has pleaded guilty in a pipeline leak that sent oil spilling into a major river that is the source of drinking water for a number of Saskatchewan communities.
The spill into the North Saskatchewan River in July 2016 forced the cities of North Battleford, Prince Albert and Melfort to shut off their water intakes for almost two months.
Calgary-based Husky entered guilty pleas on three environmental charges in provincial court in Lloydminster, Sask.
Several other charges were withdrawn by the Crown.
About 40 per cent of 225,000 litres of diluted heavy oil from Husky’s pipeline near Maidstone in west-central Saskatchewan made it into the river.
It caused an oil plume that flowed hundreds of kilometres downstream.
The Canadian Press
