Bonterra Energy Corp. confirmed that the emergency phase, which had been initiated immediately after identification of the release of emulsion related to a severed pipeline, has been deescalated by both the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and Bonterra.
The damage occurred Aug. 15 after flooding 25 km southwest of Drayton Valley, Alta., caused a creek bank to collapse.
The company deployed all possible resources with 24-hr clean-up and remediation and has recovered all of the bulk oil released.
Over the next 2-3 weeks, Bonterra will continue to perform shoreline remediation and clean-up to remove residual trace amounts, along with further monitoring and testing of the immediately impacted area.
