ExxonMobil, Marathon report spills - September 19, 2004

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industrySeptember 2004

Vol. 9, No. 38

Week of September 19, 2004

ExxonMobil, Marathon report spills

Gary Park

The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board and Environment Canada are investigating two large spills that occurred in late August.

ExxonMobil reported the release of 4,000 liters of diesel fuel from its North Triumph natural gas production platform in the Sable field and Marathon oil reported a spill of 354,000 liters of drilling mud at its Crimson F-81 exploration well, 40 miles south of Sable. Preliminary checks have found no evidence that the ExxonMobil spill caused damage to the environment or wildlife.

The companies could face fines or restrictions on their operating permits if they are found culpable, but no company has been charged after a spill in 10 years of offshore activity in Nova Scotia. A spokesman for the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax said it was hard to believe that the regulator had not yet prosecuted a case or filed an appeal with Environment Canada.

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