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An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 litres of oil, some of which spilled into the North Saskatchewan River, escaped from a Husky Energy Inc. pipeline before the leak east of Lloydminster was isolated and halted, according to the Calgary company.

“Total volumes are estimated at 200 to 250 cubic metres. Cleanup crews and equipment were immediately deployed to the site and response actions have been taken,” Husky spokesman Mel Duvall said in an email late Thursday night.

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“Berms are in place at the site and containment booms have been deployed along the river. Air and shoreline surveillance is under way. A water monitoring and sample testing program is in place.”

Duvall said the line runs from the company’s heavy oil operations to its facilities in Lloydminster and carries oil mixed with a diluent, which is a lighter hydrocarbon that’s added to ease the flow.

The Ministry of Environment was notified of the spill into the river upstream of Maidstone at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday and dispatched an environmental protection officer to the site, the government said in an email.