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(CORRECTS HEADLINE) An estimated one cubic metre of oil overflowed from the Engen Refinery sewer process and entered the Badulla Canal during Friday night's heavy downpour of rain, the oil company reported on Saturday. The canal runs parallel to the Umlaas Canal and is owned and maintained by the eThekwini Metropolitan Council which uses it for the discharge of stormwater into the sea. Engen spokesman Ian Khathi said the extent of contamination was quickly ascertained and the pollution control division of eThekwini Metro was immediately alerted and pollution response specialists called in. "Containment booms have been erected at ...