Pipeline breach southeast of Regina leaks 200,000 litres of crude oil
STOUGHTON, Sask. — About 200,000 litres of crude oil has been spilled onto agricultural land in southeastern Saskatchewan after a pipeline leak.
The spill was detected Friday at a site 10 kilometres north of Stoughton in a low-lying area with a frozen slough.
Doug MacKnight, assistant deputy minister of Economy, says about 170,000 litres have been recovered so far.
“They’ll be removing cover, vacuuming up the oil and then eventually excavating the contaminated soils and taking them away for disposal,” MacKnight said late Monday afternoon.