Emergency Spill Response
Ridgeline Response Provides a Holistic Approach to Spill Response, Offering Services from the Initial 24/7 Emergency Call Out to Regulatory Site Closure.
Our Service Industries
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Oil and Gas
Ridgeline has worked in the upstream oil and gas sector since 1999 and has built a strong reputation as the go-to emergency spill response provider.
From small reportable spills to large-scale pipeline releases into sensitive ecosystems, Ridgeline’s multidisciplinary team of subject matter experts provides holistic spill response from initial response to regulatory site closure.
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Electrical Utilities
Ridgeline is well versed in the safety requirements and tactical challenges when responding to releases resulting from electrical utility infrastructure.
The Ridgeline Response team works diligently with our electrical utility clients in a coordinated effort to ensure that the surrounding ecological receptors are protected while minimizing the disruption of this critical utility.
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Transportation
Ridgeline supports our transportation clients and their insurance providers to navigate the environmental regulatory requirements and logistical challenges associated with transportation-related incidents.
Our team of dedicated environmental professionals is prepared to deal with any released substance, from fuel spills to chemical spills and a wide range of other hazardous products.
Our Process
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Initial Spill Response
The Emergency Responder is dispatched to your location, any time, day or night. Once the initial assessment is completed, you will be contacted with our recommendations.
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Background Assessment
As soon as our Emergency Responders are dispatched, our data team is preparing an Emergency Response Plan including a map of the site.
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Incident Action Plans
We will create a plan to ensure that all regulatory requirements are met. Plans may include Containment & Recovery, Wildlife Mitigation, Sampling and Monitoring, and Remediation Action Plans.
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Daily Summaries
At the end of each day, you will be provided with a daily summary that includes site conditions, lab analysis, site photos, and general situational information on site status.
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Final Closure Report
Once the project is complete, you will get a final report signed off by a qualified environmental professional that details the incident, site observations, applicable environmental guidelines, laboratory analytical findings, remediation activities, waste tracking, and site restoration.
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Annual Program Review
At the end of each year, Ridgeline Response will provide many of our regular clients with a report on spill trends, regional spill frequency and causation, associated spill costs, mitigative measures, and lessons learned.
Client Testimonials
“We have engaged Ridgeline Response on several occasions over the past 4 years to conduct emergency spill response services including initial response, containment and recovery, sampling and monitoring, waste disposal, wildlife management, remediation, site restoration, closure reporting, and liaising with regulators. I would recommend them without hesitation.”
— Oil and Gas Client Alberta
“We have utilized Ridgeline Response as our primary spill responder since 2015. The service received to date has been excellent. Ridgeline Response personnel are well versed in all aspects of spills response, are professional, always available and timely in their response, and terrific with client communication.”
— Oil and Gas Client Saskatchewan
“We have contracted Ridgeline since 2015 for environmental services including but not limited to: emergency spill response and spill remediation project management. Their services include 24/7 365 on-call service within all service areas in urban, rural, provincial, and national parks, and Indigenous lands. Ridgeline consistently exceeds our expectations for cost-effective spill response and timely remediation.”
— Electrical Utility Client
Project Overviews
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Release into a moving waterbody
Approximately 40 m3 of oil emulsion entered a creek that confluences with the North Saskatchewan River
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Release into a sensitive ecosystem
A pipeline carrying crude oil broke, contaminating 36,450 m2 of wetlands and sensitive ecosystems
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Release into Native Pasture Lands
Approximately 200m3 of produced water was released from a pipeline contaminating 3,755 m2 of land
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