White Rose, shut in by storm, leaks oil

Oil & Gas Journal: Husky Energy Inc. used remotely operated vehicles to investigate the cause of a Nov. 16 oil leak at White Rose field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, where production had been shut in the previous day because of severe weather.

The company said all production wells were secure and believed the leak occurred at a subsea flowline.

It said on Nov. 19 that no additional oil had been detected on the surface since the original leak, which the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board called a “batch spill.”

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