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Apache spill is one of Alberta’s largest pipeline ruptures

By ANDREW NIKIFORUK June 12, 2013

“Nearly a dozen days after the fact, Alberta’s tardy energy regulator has reported that a ruptured pipeline owned by Apache has spilled nearly 60,000 barrels of contaminated water near Zama City, Alberta.

A pipeline carrying ‘produced water’ from an oil field to a waste injection site broke on June 1, contaminating 42 hectares of muskeg.

Produced water can be highly saline and contain a variety of petroleum toxins as well as heavy metals….”– More…

And from the Globe and Mail (6-12-13): “‘Every plant and tree died’ in the area touched by the spill, said James Ahnassay, chief of the Dene Tha First Nation, whose members run traplines in an area that has seen oil and gas development since the 1950s….[I]nformation compiled by the Dene Tha suggests the toxic substance contains hydrocarbons, high levels of salt, sulphurous compounds, metals and naturally occurring radioactive materials, along with chemical solvents and additives used by the oil industry…[T]he Dene Tha suspect this is a long-standing spill that may have gone undetected for months, given the widespread damage it has done. Apache and the Alberta government say its duration is under investigation.” More…

NOTE: This is the type of infrastructure that’s being constructed now in Athens County to take waste from tanks along U.S. 50/Rt. 7 to the newly permitted K and H well in Rome Township. With planned barging of frack waste on the Ohio River and multiple transfer facilities planned by GreenHunter waste companies, the volume of frack waste coming into southeastern Ohio is expected to increase astronomically, as will likelihood of spills and radioactive contamination.