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9 S/ E$ i* U: ONexen Energy will lay off about 350 workers from its Long Lake facility, following its release of results of internal investigations into a July 2015 pipeline spill and the January 2016 hydrocracker explosion.
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1 m, h; [" Z M3 z$ tThe CNOOC-owned energy company will only be continuing its steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) operations at Long Lake, after it determined a short-term repair was not possible for the hydrocracker unit, which killed two employees when it exploded on Jan. 15, 2016.
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0 t) y& n- I1 D) w$ K, ]/ k9 \" L1 tThe facility's upgrader has been idling since then, and will be moved into winter preservation, with no estimation of when it will be brought back into service.- v+ x- y- o7 O$ P
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An internal investigation found the explosion was a result of work being performed that was "outside of the scope of approved work activities."3 E% K: p2 }+ k5 m
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The two employees killed, both Fort McMurray residents, were 52-year-old Drew Foster and 30-year-old Dave Williams. Foster was killed in the explosion. Williams, who was flown to the University of Alberta Hospital's burn unit hours after the explosion, died a week later.
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5 ?9 N+ c0 I* X6 I2 Z( y( OIn its announcement Nexen said it is addressing safety gaps in part with refresher training on workplace hazard identification, increased site supervision and safety inspections. ( E1 C S- }# i* Y C% o& h
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The decision to move to a SAGD-only operation was described as "entirely economic," and will result in about 350 staff layoffs, most of which will be completed by the end of 2016. 1 O2 I9 Z, Z; ^7 L8 |* H
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The results of the investigations were given at a news conference on Tuesday by Nexen CEO Fang Zhi and Senior Vice President of Canadian Operation Ron Bailey.0 R, u* ?$ K& P; |5 U
3 M1 e8 R @) fNexen also said it found the root cause of a July 2015 emulsion spill at Long Lake to be a "thermally-driven upheaval buckling of the pipeline, and the subsequent cooldown during the turnaround."
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This was caused because of pipeline design incompatible with the muskeg ground conditions, and steps that could have been taken to mitigate the potential for buckling were not addressed.
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The spill poured up to five million litres of emulsion - a mixture of water, bitumen and sand - into surrounding muskeg. The spill may have been ongoing for up to two weeks when it was discovered in July 2015 by a contractor walking through the area. 5 p9 o- U5 ]7 p8 m/ {# U
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In August the Alberta Energy Regulator ordered Nexen to shut down 95 pipelines until the company could prove the pipelines could be operated responsibly. The suspension was lifted in September 2015. / a: n: _, Y, ]: @/ Z% c
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- with files from Vincent McDermott |
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