By The Canadian Press

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Produced salt water leak south of Grande Prairie after pipeline failure

Sep 13, 2019 | 5:45 AM

An energy company says a pipeline from a gas facility has been shut down after it leaked an estimated 500,000 litres of produced salt water in northwestern Alberta.

Produced water is a byproduct of oil and gas development.

Calgary-based NuVista Energy Ltd. says staff identified the leak on Monday through the company’s pipeline monitoring system.

The Alberta Energy Regulator website says the leak is due to a pipeline failure 70 kilometres south of Grande Prairie.

It says no impacts to wildlife have been reported.

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NuVista says crews are working to skim off any contaminated fluid for safe disposal.