Imperial Oil reports small diesel leak into river in Ontario (updated)

Imperial Oil

12/06/2025 04:45

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June 11 (Reuters) - Imperial Oil IMO.TO on Wednesday reported a small diesel leak into the Saint Clair river from its dock in Ontario, Canada, according to a latest community alert.

"Containment booms have been deployed in the St. Clair River... The leak source was quickly isolated, and confirmed stopped at 10:00 p.m.," Imperial said.

Imperial was not immediately available to comment on the volume of the release.

Recovery and clean-up efforts are ongoing, and the sheen is fully contained, Imperial said, adding precautionary down river water quality monitoring has been conducted, and no detectable levels of hydrocarbon have been observed.

 (Reporting by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill and Christian Schmollinger)

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