The case involving the largest oil spill in the province’s history was called—and promptly postponed again in provincial court Wednesday morning.
It’s been 3-and-a-half years since the spill, which dumped 250,000 litres of oil into the ocean about 350 kilometres east of St. John’s.
It happened on November 16th, 2018 due to a leak in a flowline connected to the SeaRose FPSO.
At the time, crews were trying to restart production that had been halted because of rough weather the day before.
Husky Energy, which has since been acquired by Cenovus, faces six counts in total, including alleged breaches of the Atlantic Accord, fisheries regulations and Migratory Birds Convention Act.
In court Wednesday morning, lawyers said they are continuing discussions toward a resolution, and a possible guilty plea in the case.
That’s now expected to happen in late August.
Four months before the SeaRose incident, Husky was fined $600,000 in connection with a spill involving a pipeline leak in western Saskatchewan.
