Canadian oil firm Petro-Canada has started working on a disposal of a discharge of oily water
Canadian oil firm Petro-Canada has started working on a disposal of a discharge of oily water at the Terra Nova oil field, 350 kilometres east-south-east of St. John's, Newfoundland, which occurred early Sunday morning.
Petro-Canada has been tracking the resulting slick through aerial, on-water surveillance and satellite imaging as well as the use of satellite monitored tracking buoys. The slick was located approximately 40 km south-south-east of the Terra Nova field. The main body of the slick covered a rectangular area of 6.1 by 5.5 kilometres.
Oil production has been suspended pending a review of the incident by the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board.
Petro-Canada is conducting a thorough internal review of its own, and is cooperating fully with the Board in its investigation, said Incident Commander Ed Martin.
