TC Energy responds to incident in Yellowhead County
We continue to respond to yesterday’s incident with a focus on the health and safety of responding personnel, surrounding communities and mitigating risk to the environment:
We will continue to provide updates as new information is available.
Further inquiries can be sent to TC Energy media relations at [email protected]
Alberta Wildfire has confirmed in an update at 7 p.m. (MDT) that the secondary fire is now being held. Please see its full statement here: Edson Area Update (alberta.ca). We are committed to supporting Alberta Wildfire in its response going forward. We appreciate the ongoing support of first responders.
We continue to work closely with regulatory agencies and authorities and will cooperate in an investigation of this incident.
We will continue to provide updates as new information is available.
Further inquiries can be sent to TC Energy media relations at [email protected]
We can confirm a rupture occurred today on a segment of our NGTL natural gas pipeline system. This occurred in a remote location approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Edson, Alta in Yellowhead County.
The following information is an update on our active response:
We are working closely with first responders in the region, including RCMP, Yellowhead County and Alberta Wildfire. An initial ignition of natural gas at the rupture site is now extinguished. We are working to support Alberta Wildfire in their response to contain a secondary fire. We can confirm there were no injuries. As previously shared, the affected section of the pipeline has been isolated and shut down. The remainder of our system is operating normally and there are no commercial impacts at this time. We continue to communicate directly with our customers. We are committed to continuing to keep stakeholders and Indigenous communities apprised of our response. We are working closely with regulators and authorities and will cooperate in an investigation of this incident. Our primary focus continues to be the health and safety of responding personnel, surrounding communities and mitigating risk to the environment.We will provide more information as soon as it becomes available.
Further inquiries can be sent to TC Energy media relations at [email protected]
We can confirm that we are actively responding to an incident involving the NGTL natural gas system approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Edson, Alta in Yellowhead County.
TC Energy received notification about this incident at approximately 11 a.m. MT and immediately activated our emergency response procedures. We are coordinating with emergency first responders. The affected section of the pipeline has been isolated and shut down. There are no reported injuries. Our primary focus right now is the health and safety of responding personnel, surrounding communities and mitigating risk to the environment.
We are making all appropriate notifications to regulators, customers, stakeholders and Indigenous communities.
We will provide more information as soon as it becomes available.
Further inquiries can be sent to TC Energy media relations at [email protected]
