{"id":532046,"date":"2026-03-12T19:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532046\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:20:14","slug":"oil-spill-in-st-clair-river-contained-according-to-suncor-in-sarnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532046\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil spill in St. Clair River contained, according to Suncor in Sarnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>A spill in the St. Clair River has been contained, according to Suncor.<\/p>\n<p>The Sarnia, Ont., oil refinery says a hydrocarbon sheen was identified on the watercourse around 6 p.m. ET Wednesday as part of the company\u2019s \u201cregular monitoring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A hydrocarbon sheen normally starts off as a black-brown tint from petroleum products, and is shiny or has an iridescent appearance on the surface of water.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Suncor said the outlet of the release has been determined and contained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuncor immediately deployed its response equipment including booms and vacuum equipment on the St. Clair River,\u201d company spokesperson Christine Randall said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"General view of the Suncor Energy refinery, located near Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, which Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered shut down in May 2021, in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada March 20, 2021. Picture taken March 20, 2021.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773343214_124_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4998636487592036\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>The Sarnia refinery produces around 85,000 barrels of oil each day, according to its website. (Carlos Osorio\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCleanup is underway, with support from Eastern Canada Response Corporation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s ministry of the environment says the spill occurred from Suncor\u2019s storm water collection system, and the refinery company was responsible for cleaning it up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCleanup is ongoing, and booms remain in place to ensure any remaining spill material is contained,\u201d the province said in a statement, adding it was unaware of any impact to wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministry will also conduct an additional field visit today to further assess the state of the cleanup and the status of the spill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The size of the spill and how long it was being discharged into the water have yet to be released.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, around 9 a.m., the city&#8217;s alert notification system said there wasn&#8217;t any downstream impact from the spill, and that the municipal water system was not affected. <\/p>\n<p>According to Randall, \u201cappropriate\u201d regulatory agencies and local community organizations have been notified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Sarnia refinery has been in operation since 1952 \u2014 up to roughly 85,000 barrels of oil per day.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-532046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}