Oil field spills have been in the news recently, and Emily Guerin takes a look at North Dakota’s reporting policies and procedures. The article exposes some problematic practices that I have also noticed when trying to gather data from the Department of[...]
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Proposed Bill Would Guarantee County Emergency Manager Access to Well Sites
When there’s a problem at a well site or a with a pipeline, should company security be able to deny access to county emergency managers? This proposed law would more clearly define who is granted access to sites to include county emergency managers.[...]
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Labs Testing Yellowstone River Fish After Oil Spill
Montana officials are anxious to see the impact — if any — on fish in the Yellowstone following last month’s oil spill, and that starts with good science. The article here walks you through the sampling and testing process required to get[...]
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Industrial Commission Calls for Better Monitoring of Pipelines
Gov. Dalrymple’s comments regarding saltwater pipelines from the Fargo Forum article, “We are in the process of developing a comprehensive set of rules regarding that type of line, but we maybe want to accelerate a couple of pieces of that.” [...]Read More...[...]
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Yellowstone Spill Estimate Lowered to 30,000 Gallons
Less oil went into the river than originally believed, that’s the good news. The bad news — very little of the oil that was spilled has been recovered. [...]Read More... from Yellowstone Spill Estimate Lowered to 30,000 Gallons
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Blacktail Creek Pipe Was Not Inspected at Installation
The pipe that broke and spilled lots of brine (70,000 barrels) into Blacktail Creek and the Little Muddy River was installed last summer; it wasn’t inspected during the process. [...]Read More... from Blacktail Creek Pipe Was Not Inspected at Installation
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Details, Questions & Commentary on Blacktail Creek
The news is out; the brine spill on Blacktail Creek will go down as one of the state’s worst oil-related spills. We’re now a full two weeks removed from the event, and it’s just now that some of the actual details are[...]
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Source Water Spill Near Tioga
It’s been a bad month for oil-related spills. The North Dakota Department of Health issued another news release yesterday outlining another incident. The Details: Incident Date: January 22, 2015 (reported to NDDOH) Spilled: Source Water. Here’s the language used by the Department of[...]
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Glendive Residents Advised Not to Drink Municipal Water
Water is being trucked into Glendive following an oil spill into the Yellowstone River. According to other media sources, downstream cities are also making preparations for difficulties related to water contamination. [...]Read More... from Glendive Residents Advised Not to Drink Municipal Water
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Oil Spills Into Yellowstone River After Montana Crude Pipe Leak
The oil spill has been stopped, but it is believed that as much as 1,200 barrels of crude oil were released — much of it going into the Yellowstone River. [...]Read More... from Oil Spills Into Yellowstone River After Montana Crude Pipe[...]
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Oil Patch Brine Spill Reaches Missouri River
We’re a week later and we still don’t know how much was spilled, but we do know the contaminants have moved far downstream and “high readings” have been observed at the confluence of the Little Muddy and Missouri Rivers. [...]Read[...]
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Williams County Spill Reached Little Muddy River
Here’s the update: We still don’t know what quantity was spilled, but we do know the contaminate entered the watershed and has been found 19 miles downstream. The company responsible is Summit Midstream. [...]Read More... from Williams County Spill Reached Little Muddy[...]
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Oil Release Reported in McKenzie County
The North Dakota Department of Health is reporting a 600 barrel oil spill that was not contained on the site. The spill happened approximately 1 mile NW of Keene. [map_locations] [...]Read More... from Oil Release Reported in McKenzie County