Vancouver, B.C.-The Royal Canadian Mounted Police still want to take a close look at the Kinder Morgan paperwork now said to have caused a false alarm about the possible theft of two tons of ammonium nitrate in a shipment going from Redwater, Alberta, to the company’s North Vancouver facility sometime before Christmas. “There’s no evidence of any theft or any criminal involvement or security breach,” Sgt. Rob Vermeulen, RCMP spokesman, told Green Markets. “But we still want to get with all the people involved.” Vermeulen said that it was reported to RCMP Dec. 31 that two tons of the product were possibly missing. Kinder Morgan reported at that time that two cubes of the product could not be accounted for after the cubes were transported from one facility to another local facility, and that the company had launched an internal audit. The company stated that alerting the police about the discrepancy was done as a “precautionary measure,” and added that “we are currently working with our customer and others to reconcile shipping documents to ensure that all of the product is properly accounted for.” Spokeswoman Lexa Hobenshield insisted that Kinder Morgan “has always and continues to believe that this is a paper accounting error,” but that “we took the extreme precaution on behalf of all of those involved with this matter by notifying the authorities as soon as a discrepancy in documentation was discovered.” Hobenshield reported that the company is still coordinating with the RCMP, Natural Resources Canada, the customer, and others involved. “But there is voluminous documentation to review and we continue to make progress,” she added.
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