Husky Energy Inc. is running into difficulty containing and cleaning up a 1 570-bl oil pipeline spill that entered the North Saskatchewan River in Canada this week, after rising water levels compromised its initial plan to capture the release. The company responded Thursday morning when a sheen on the water indicated a spill, and discovered it was from the failure of a Saskatchewan gathering system pipeline that has since been shut. An attempt to isolate the oil plume in the water with booms was foiled as a 1 m increase in the river’s water level pushed debris into the barriers, letting the oil move downstream, the provincial government said late on Friday.
