By The Canadian Press

Warburg oil and gas firm’s emergency number left unattended; regulator suspends licences

Apr 3, 2018 | 6:56 AM

The Alberta Energy Regulator says it has suspended the licences of an oil and gas producer after no one answered its 1-800 emergency phone line when one of its hydrocarbon handling facilities appeared to be leaking.

The AER says the apparent leak was reported in an anonymous call to the Drayton Valley office of the regulator on March 13th.

An AER inspector visited the Insch Commodity Ltd. site east of Drayton Valley on March 20th and observed hydrocarbon pooling on soil and vegetation, which potentially could migrate into a nearby waterbody.

It says the inspector called the emergency number on a sign on the site, and no one answered.

The AER has ordered the Warburg, Alberta-based company to hire an environmental contractor to clean the affected site. The company is also to inspect, clean and shut down all of its other sites, and is being given 14 days to confirm it has done so.

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