FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA.—The company formerly known as Nexen Energy has been fined $450,000 after pleading guilty to charges in the deaths of two oilsands workers in northern Alberta. The two men died from an explosion at the Long Lake facility near Anzac on Jan. 15, 2016. The company formerly known as Nexen Energy has been fined $450,000 after pleading guilty to charges in the deaths of two oilsands workers at its Long Lake facility in northern Alberta. “As an operator we take full responsibility for what happened to those two men that day.” Court heard 16 victim impact statements from family members and a friend of the men. “Day after day.

Source: thestar April 19, 2019 00:56 UTC