From: brewnoser2@gmail.com   
      
   Let's see:   
   - new pipeline   
   - *with* a leak-warning system   
   - owned by CNOOC  . . . .   
      
   China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC Group is a major national   
   oil company in China. It is the third-largest national oil company in the   
   People's Republic of China, after CNPC (parent of PetroChina) and China   
   Petrochemical Corporation (   
   parent of Sinopec)   
      
   Also on their board of directors is Kevin Lynch - a minister under the Paul   
   Martin government and Privy Council and Secretary under the Harper government.   
   I guess his appointment was supposed to add a touch of legitimacy to the   
   foreign company operating in the tar sands.   
      
   And our federal and provincial governments have been trying to convince   
   Canadians that doing business with these 'big boys' is a good thing?   
      
   Hell, they can't even manage a one-year-old pipeline without causing huge   
   environmental damage in Canada.  We need these 'partners' and more oil   
   pipelines like we need a hole in the head.  It's OUR environment they're   
   damaging - not theirs.   
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   By: The Canadian Press, Published on Wed Jul 22 2015   
      
   Pipeline in Alberta's oilsands began leaking between June 29 and July 15:   
   Nexen Energy   
      
   Major oilsands pipeline leak detected last week in northern Alberta dumped   
   five million litres of bitumen, sand and water near Nexen Energy's Long Lake   
   oilsands facility.  The pipeline was installed last year and a warning system   
   didn't detect the leak.   
      
      
   ANZAC, ALTA.--A major oil pipeline leak detected last week in northern Alberta   
   started some time within a two-week period dating back to late June, Nexen   
   Energy said Wednesday.   
      
   Ron Bailey, the company's senior vice-president of Canadian operations, said   
   officials still don't know precisely when the pipeline ruptured.  But Bailey   
   said the company believes the pipeline started leaking between June 29, when   
   crews finished a    
   cleaning, and July 15, when a contractor discovered it.   
      
   CEO Fang Zhi travelled to the site of the spill, about 35 km. southeast of   
   Fort McMurray, where he offered an apology for what happened.   
      
   "It's disheartening to see the site and it's disappointing that this has   
   happened," Zhi said after giving news media a tour of the clean-up site. "I,   
   therefore, personally apologize for the consequences this might have caused."   
      
   The spill of about five million litres of bitumen, sand and produced water was   
   discovered near Nexen Energy's Long Lake oilsands facility. The pipeline was   
   installed last year and a warning system didn't detect the leak.   
      
   On Sunday, a dead duck was found at the site of the spill, but the company   
   said it believes the animal died before it put fences, wildlife cannons and   
   other deterrents in place in an effort to limit further environmental harm.   
      
   "Our focus as of now is ensuring the safety of our workers on the site,   
   minimizing whatever impact on the environment and on the wildlife, as well as   
   understanding the root causes of this incident through investigations," Zhi   
   said.   
      
   Bailey said it will take months before the company can determine what caused   
   the leak.   
      
   The affected area is about 16,000 square metres.   (3 football fields)   
      
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