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Recent North Dakota Oil Spills Investigated
USAgNet - 05/26/2017

The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) reported Thursday that it was notified Sunday of a 100-barrel oil emulsion spill in Burke County, about 6.5 miles southwest of Bowbells. The Saturday spill resulted from an equipment failure at a well pad operated by Cornerstone Natural Resources LLC. Oil emulsion is a mixture of crude oil and brine produced from a well and before treatment.

An estimated 25 barrels of oil and 75 barrels of brine were released. An unknown amount of this emulsion flowed off the well pad and into an adjacent slough.

Cornerstone has deployed booms in the slough to contain the emulsion, and an environmental remediation company has begun pumping impacted water out of the slough and excavating impacted soils. NDDoH personnel have been on the site and will continue to monitor the investigation and cleanup.

NDDoH also announced Thurday that it has been notified of an updated volume for an oil spill in Williams County, which resulted from a leak in a 4-inch diameter steel gathering line operated by Hiland Crude LLC.

The spill occurred on May 5 about 11 miles northwest of Williston and was reported May 6. Following a subsurface investigation, Hiland has updated the volume to 400 barrels of crude oil.

Response and cleanup have been ongoing since the leak was discovered. NDDoH personnel have been on the site and will continue to monitor the investigation and cleanup.


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