Nearly a year after unexplained leaks began to surface at one of For Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s main oil-sands production sites, the company remains haunted by the slow-motion spill. In the latest setback for the company, the Alberta Energy Regulator has turned down its application to resume steaming operations in affected area, known as Primrose, which sits on a military base in northern Alberta. “The AER determined that it was premature to approve this application, in lights of the ongoing investigation into the leaks at Primrose,” said Bob Curren, a spokesman for the province’s chief energy regulator. The AER’s decision came on Friday, just a day after CNRL chief executive Steve Laut told financial analysts the issue was “totally solvable” and that the Calgary-based company hoped to restart steaming in the impacted area “in the March-April time frame,” pending regulatory approval. The mysterious subterranean leaks of oily water, […]