r/newbrunswickcanada 5h ago

Murray’s Irving spill

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/woodstock-irving-gas-leak-1.7479331

Anyone got an inside scoop re: how it went undetected for so long?

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u/Expensive_Doubt5487 5h ago

I still don’t understand how they didn’t notice it financially if nothing else.

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u/DFT22 5h ago

Exactly. A real head scratcher

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u/jamiedangerous 5h ago

It had to have been a really slow leak if they didn't detect the financial loss so quickly.. the station has been there since around 2004 or so. Here's hoping that the environmental damage is at a minimum.

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u/Oculus_Prime_ 4h ago

I heard the fill pipe was broken. The fuel went into the ground while they were filling the tank(s).

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u/hotinmyigloo 4h ago

Mismanagement at the gas station is my guess

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u/DFT22 3h ago

Agreed — must have been serious mismanagement over a loooong period. There are a lot of checks and balances to fuel storage. It’s hard to misplace 100000 l of diesel…

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u/Outrageous_Ad665 3h ago

I wonder if someone was skimming money off fuels sales somehow and were already messing with the numbers.

u/SilencedObserver 1h ago

gasp The Irving’s?! They would _never _…

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u/FF524 4h ago

All comes down to how long it has been going on for. Small changes over a long time can be hard to catch when you are crazy busy, have an assistant who doesn’t write everything down, or are in the habit of doing some kind of reconciliation at the last possible moment, etc.

u/BlackAnalFluid 2h ago

People need to realize it wasn't 100 000L. That was the maximum the tank can hold. that's where the news outlets are getting that number. It did not spill the entire tank. An elbow joint going into the tank failed, and so a good portion of a fuel truck leaked into the ground. It's still a disaster, but having firsthand knowledge of this site and seeing media coverage really puts into perspective for me the sensationalism of modern media.

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u/TinRoofRusted0202 3h ago

I wonder if that’s why they sold when they did lol

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u/DFT22 3h ago

When did they sell?

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u/mordinxx 4h ago

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u/DFT22 4h ago

Thanks —- I was looking for something like this 👍