Imperial Oil speaks up on pipeline shutdown impacting Winnipeg area – Winnipeg [Video]

It’s been four days since Imperial Oil temporarily shuttered a section of pipeline near St. Adolphe, Man.

Imperial made the announcement on Sunday, saying the pipeline — which supplies gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to the Winnipeg area — was shut down March 15 following integrity concerns.

The announcement was made two days later so the company could “(work) through the steps that we needed to take, and kind of working with our other partners that shop on the line,” Keri Scobie, manager of public and governmental affairs at Imperial Oil’s Strathcona refinery and for Western Canada, told 680 CJOB’s The Start.

She said the pipeline was shuttered proactively.

“We do have sort of routine inspections that we do all the time — a preventative maintenance program,” Scobie said.

“When we were doing one of our inspections earlier this year, we did sort of identify and issue with a section of pipeline that goes under the Red River just south of Winnipeg.”

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