"ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The largest-ever oil spill off the coast of Newfoundland has raised fresh safety and environmental concerns about how the province’s expanding offshore oil industry is regulated.
An estimated 250 cubic metres of oil leaked into the sea southeast of St. John’s from the SeaRose oil platform on Friday.
That translates to about 250,000 litres, compared to the 165,000 litres that leaked from the Terra Nova platform in 2004. At the time, that spill was the largest for Canada’s East Coast offshore industry.
Rough seas hindered workers from reaching the spill over the weekend, so the exact cause and scale of the leak have yet to be determined."
Holly McKenzie-Sutter reports for the Canadian Press November 19, 2018.
Source: Canadian Press, 11/20/2018
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