Charges for oil spill Against Husky Energy

Husky Energy is now facing more federal charges resulting from the November 2018 SeaRose FPSO oil spill.

The leak started from a flowline to the SeaRose FPSO, a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel located approximately 350 kilometres off the coast of St. John’s on the White Rose Oil Field.

Two charges put under the Fisheries Act and one under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, announced the Environment and Climate Change Canada on Thursday afternoon. On top of that, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador OffshorePB filed three charges in October, based on its own investigation.

If a corporation other than a small revenue corporation is convicted of the charges listed above, the mandatory minimum fine is $100,000 for each charge when the case is handled through the summary conviction procedure, according to the Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Environment and Climate Change Canada said the charges derive from a “comprehensive investigation that involved both federal environmental and wildlife enforcement officers.”

Husky’s first court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 23 in St. John’s provincial court.