Key control and asset management solution to control your assets, employees, and keys. Immediately upon discovery of a pcb spill, call the minnesota duty officer. Hi again sean, a quick search on the new athabasa river basin research institutes bibliography website lists a number of pipeline spill investigations that occured from the 1960s forward. The task forces regional oil spill database was launched in 2002, and is a unique and valuable resource that enables us to track trends in spills and related causal factors across the west coast. D4h is more than just software, its a playbook for success. Alberta spill response association asra is a conglomerate of experienced professionals helping industry and regulators improve processes and technological advancements. Section 201 of cepa 1999 requires that, when an environmental emergency occurs for any of the substances on the list established on schedule 1 under the environmental emergency regulations, any person who owns or has the charge, management or control of the substance immediately before the emergency shall, as soon as. This is a reversechronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill s that are currently ongoing. It is unique and significantly superior because unlike all other providers, it is the worlds first solution to fully integrate 2 previously separate functions software and mapping. We provide the most uptodate premium quality data available in canada and the us. The spill, which happened in april 2014 about 250 kilometres north of edmonton, wasnt an emergency, according to the alberta energy regulator.
The compliance dashboard summarizes data collected at different points in time and does not necessarily represent the most current information available. The environmental site assessment repository esar is an online, searchable database. You have selected the maximum of 4 products to compare. Canadian environmental history podcast, federal department libraries are incredible resources for environmental history. The aer has staff trained in emergency response, environmental protection, air quality, and investigation. The number of pipeline ruptures also has decreased over the past two decadesa positive development given the potential seriousness of rupture incidents. This week, i am taking advantage of some of the historical research materials available at the national energy board library in calgary, alberta. As part of his research, timoney examined alberta s spill database over a 38year period between 1975 and 20 and visited major spill sites to gauge the impacts on water, land and plants.
Gathering lines collect raw oil and gas from wells, connecting to storage tanks, pumping stations, processing plants and larger feeder pipes that lead to superhighway. It contains scientific and technical information about the provinces assessed and reclaimed sites. Information provided is based on reports received by emergency management b. This summary should not be relied upon by any person intending to deal with the company or any property, assets, or interests of the company. Below are the questions gitchel says a small business should consider asking before trying to solve the database stumper. This could include a variety of information, from confidential financial numbers, to payroll data, to customer shipping records.
Oscar oil spill contingency and response oscar is a state of the art model and simulation tool for predicting the fates and effects of oil released during an accidental release of oil, either from a platform or a vessel. Reporting spills and releases open government alberta. Alberta is diverse in environmental challenges and solutions. What is the best database program to handle it all. Our subscriber base includes large and small oil and gas producers, reclamation and environmental contractors, engineering firms, pipeline integrity consultants, ground disturbance professionals and many others with one common need. Reporting contamination and protecting whistleblowers this fact sheet is intended to provide information on when to report a spill or. As we discussed on a recent episode of natures past. In october 20, apache announced it had detected another pipeline leak after it had released an estimated 1.
Oil spill data summary for data year 2018 oil spill task force data dictionary, revised 2018 pdf, 205k. A dba makes sure that data is available to users, and that its kept. These overviews are not situation reports, but summaries about the incident location, scale, cause, response actions, and environmental impacts. Incident overviews provide information on significant spills of oil or hazardous material in british columbia. All chemical releases in watersheds must be reported to the city of edmonton. That makes 28,666 crude oil spills in total, plus another 31,453 spills of. Call the alberta environmental hotline 18002226514. The history of oil pipeline spills in alberta, 20062012. Environmental remediation database search this is the main page from which the search applications launch. Enviros primary focus is on hazmat emergency spill response, waste management, site decommissioning, e.
The release reporting regulation sets out what must be reported, when, how and whom reports mast be made. Pipeline spills 76,000 gallons of crude oil emulsion in. A 911 call does not take the place of notifying the duty officer. The aer is committed to protecting public safety and the environment, and it monitors and responds to energyrelated incidents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An overview of albertas electronic health record information system ehris april 2015 9 to establish trusted zones when connecting to the alberta ehr from within the former rhas now ahs, alberta health developed and funded the mcr and. The map shows that facilities which reported practicing spill and leak prevention are located all across canada, with a large concentration in southern ontario and along the saint lawrence river in quebec.
Webbased asset management solution that enables businesses to manage projects, contracts, utility services, fleet, and more. A list of who to contact when there is an environmental releasespill. Call 18447643637, the ministrys emergency support line, in the event of a spill. This figure is a map of canada that shows the location of facilities that reported practicing spill and leak prevention in 2014. Possible threats include gas leaks, oil, diesel or chemical spills and any other release of hazardous material to the environment.
Environmental releasespill reporting city of edmonton. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 us gallons, 256 imperial gallons, 7. Failure to contact the alberta government to report a spill or release could result in an investigation and convictions as was done in the greenways case. It is unique and significantly superior because unlike all other providers, it is the worlds first solution to fully integrate 2 previously separate functions software and. The division of spill prevention and response spar prevents spills of oil and hazardous substances, prepares for when a spill occurs and responds rapidly to protect human health and the environment. The environmental protection and enhancement act epea requires any release of substances that could cause an adverse effect to the environment be reported to alberta environment and parks. That database included over 61,000 incidents recorded by the ercb. Spill works the same as spillopt spill max see spillopt transfer data to rxx using maxmin. The spill function transfers data from the log area lxx to the recovery file rxx. We package this data into our innovative mapping, interpretation, and analytics tools, so geoscientists, engineers, landmen, investors, executives, and other industry. Alberta edge environmental and dangerous goods emergencies alberta transportation dangerous goods and rail safety main floor, twin atria building 4999 98 avenue edmonton, alberta, t6b 2x3. Alberta s had an average of two crude oil spills a day, every day for the past 37 years. Saskatchewan oil spill reveals problem with leakdetecting data open this photo in gallery. Key word could contain a street address or community name.
These staff assist, coordinate, and support the activities of the responsible. Alberta environment and parks aep has an online, searchable database of information about assessed and reclaimed sites in alberta. In alberta, licensees are also required to report the volume of product spilled. Abadata has evolved into one of the industrys most popular and userfriendly oil and gas mapping software tools. Timoney began with an aer database of 23,655 oil spills and 14,833 primary spills of saline water reported between 1975 and february 20. Alberta oil spills 197520 edmonton open data portal. The starting point for a global news series examining oil spills in alberta was a database of releases from the oil and gas industry that we obtained from alberta s energy regulator, the energy resources conservation board.
These include the gnome suite, a collection of oil spill response tools. The operator or licensee of a well, facility, pipeline or flowline must provide notification of an incident and provide details to the ministry. All spilling is controlled and done through the muf, which must be enabled to do a spill. Beneath the surface of the land, over 400,000 km of pipelines course through the province, a steel capillary network buried a metre or two deep. Data includes information from january 1, 1998 to present. Saskatchewan oil spill reveals problem with leakdetecting. Its an oil spill response tool that models how different types of oil weather undergo physical and chemical changes in the marine environment. This database contains records of chemical and petroleum spill incidents.
Oil and gas exploration has been occurring in the zama area since the 1950s. The database included records of how much oil or water was spilled and recovered. Environmental sensitivity index esi maps and data, that identify vulnerable resources and habitats. Oil pipeline spill history at the national energy board of. Spill incidents database search has records dating back to 1978 and is updated nightly. Emergencyenvironmental compliance assessment, hazmatsafety training, and the. Contains all cities, towns, villages, rural municipalities andor named locations e. Dangerous goods emergencies of alberta transportation can provide accurate information regarding the regulations 24 hours a day. Abadata userfriendly oil and gas mapping software tools.
Report oil and gas incidents government of saskatchewan. Greenways, an empty tank of electroplating waste was tipped over at his warehouse, and a small amount of the residual waste spilled out. Gdm pipelines offers data solutions for the oil and gas industry including pipelines, gas plants, facilities, incidents, utilities, roads and mineral lease data for all provinces in canada in a variety of formats, including gisready. Database administrators dbas are employees who work with technology, using specialized types of software to store and organize a companys data. Plotbox is a cloud based death care management solution that facilitates cemeteries in operating to world class standards.