Nexen Energy dealing with another pipeline leak

FORT MCMURRAY- A month after being ordered to pay 750,000 dollars in fines for a 2015 pipeline leak, Nexen Energy is reporting a spill of 270,000 litres from a different pipeline at the same northern Alberta project.

The Alberta Energy Regulator says Nexen reported the release of produced water from a pipeline at its Long Lake oilsands project near Fort McMurray.

Nexen says no wildlife or bodies of water have been affected.

Produced water, often contaminated with salt and other substances, is a byproduct of oil and natural gas extraction.