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Imperial Oil has been penalized $120,000 in relation to a 2023 wastewater spill at its Kearl oilsands mine near Fort McMurray, Alta.
Alberta's energy regulator had laid nine charges against the company last year in connection to the spill, which saw an estimated 5.2 million litres of wastewater overflow from a pond.
A statement of facts says the company agreed to plead guilty to one of the charges last month and the rest were withdrawn.
The statement of facts says the wastewater never reached another body of water, freezing just outside of the company's lease area.
It says Imperial Oil has since spent about $2 million remediating the area where the spill took place.
A court order issued today says most of the $120,000 penalty will fund a still-to-be-determined project to benefit Alberta's public lands, Indigenous territories, wetlands or surrounding ecosystems.
A spokesperson for Imperial Oil says the company regrets the spill and that it's made a number of equipment and training changes to prevent future incidents.
The company was previously fined $50,000 for a separate wastewater spill at the same mine in 2022.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 11, 2026.
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