Pembina Pipelines Corp. announced this afternoon that it has restarted its oil pipeline in British Columbia, shut down as a precautionary measure following flooding in the Peace Region more than two weeks ago.
Portions of the pipeline in northeastern B.C. were exposed due to erosion and washout conditions on the weekend of June 25.
The company restated today it did not have a break on the pipeline, but it had shut down the pipeline to minimize the potential risk of an incident.
The pipeline runs from Taylor in northeastern B.C. to Prince George, where it supplies the Husky Energy oil refinery, and then on to Kamloops.
"We take the safety of our people and the communities along our pipeline rights-of-way very seriously," said Pembina president and CEO Bob Michaleski.
"We are committed to being a responsible operator and implemented these pre-emptive measures to reduce the potential impact of the erosion along our pipeline right-of-way," he said.
