OTTAWA/CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Canada’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline has been shut down temporarily because of rainstorms pounding parts of the province of British Columbia, the operating company said in a statement on Monday.

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TMX and local FN bands.

the regular Trans Mountain Pipeline activities ceased for intervention with flooding and emergency abatement. Some equipment showed up and assisted local FN with flood mediation.

Cliff Shackelly, and the Nooaitch band, had Trans Mountain equipment and personal remediation of bridges and roads last week after being cut off from the rest of the world by a flash flood from the flashy Coldwater river system. Another, Arnold Lampreau, Cheif says that Forestry brought in a road from Spius Creek, to relieve. Cliff Shackelly now works security at the Trans-Mountain Camp, according to Lampreau.

Fish traps on The Coldwater south of Colletville, and operated by the tribal association, of which the 300 odd members of the Nooitch band are members, are not accounted for at this time. The group takes returning Salmon Captive for enumeration and projections of fish stocks.

November 23rd 2021, Oil prices jump by 2.6 percent.

The US president authorized the use of the countries emergency oil reserve today. The announcement is credited to have made oil prices jump over 2 percent. West Texas light crude, the benchmark grade that Canadian oil from Edmonton is sold, went to $78.75 dollars PB. On a sense of supply concerns.

Parkland refinery Burnaby BC .

The parkland refinery in Burnaby BC processes crude from the Trans Mountain Pipeline and stopped its processes in response to the flooding and the lack of oil from the Transmountian Pipeline supply being stopped.

While still processing oil from storage and ships the shut down will be causing more flaring and noise for its Burnaby neighbors.

The Burnaby refinery is the last refinery in Western Canada, it was acquired by Parkland Limited in 2017, after being part of the Burnaby community since 1935. ” Keeping people moving on Land, Air and Sea”.

Flooding State of emergency different then Covid.

It should be obvious in BC that the savings of insurance premiums and the demand on fuel at lockdown times, enjoyed by BC people during the Hiadus from Covid-19 will be there for this situation. Be careful!

Transmountain pipeline delivers 300 thousand barrels of product a day from Edmonton to Burnaby. The expansion, (TMX,) will more than double that. The work is expected to be complete in December 2022,

It is expected that the 300 thousand barrels will be back online by the end of the week.

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