Irving Oil unaware of leaking diesel until after major spill detected, emails suggest [Video]

Government emails obtained through a right to information request suggest Irving Oil Ltd. was not aware of discrepancies in fuel numbers until after a spill was detected at its Woodstock gas station. 

In a Jan. 7 email, Mallory Gilliss, a manager of contaminated sites with the Department of Environment and Local Government, updated colleagues following a “high level update” meeting with Irving and the contractor the company hired to manage the spill, Dillon Consulting Limited. 

“Irving’s Operations Group is investigating the cause of the leak. There was a crack in the remote fill elbow and they are evaluating the cause of the crack. They have already identified some discrepancies in product inventory in the week leading up to the incident and they will continue to investigate if this was a process or software failure,” Gilliss wrote. 

“They will be looking at other Irving sites to see if they have the …