Kinder Morgan calls a pipeline leak near Merritt a good news story noting they had the defect on a list of priority fixes.
However Vice President of Operations Hugh Harden admits they didn't quite get to this one fast enough.
"When we do the analysis we do sort of a risk analysis and we get to these defects in order of what we think is a threat to the pipeline. We were kind of working our way down the risk ladder and unfortunately this one managed to leak a very small amount before we got to it."
Harden says on top of an investigation into a cause of the leak there will also be a repair sleeve installed on the pipe.
He says free oil at the site has been cleaned up and they hope to restart the flow of oil in 24-hours.