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ND pipeline break spews 41,000 gals. of oilfield wastewater

By Pat Sweeney Jul 21, 2021 | 12:41 PM

Nearly 41,000 gallons of oilfield wastewater has spilled from a broken pipeline in western North Dakota, impacting an unknown amount of land. The North Dakota Department of Environmental quality says Kansas-based Tallgrass Energy reported the produced water spill on Monday near Watford City. It was not immediately known what caused the leak. Agency officials were on scene Wednesday. A regulator says the wastewater migrated at least a half-mile break in the pipeline. Some of the water spilled in a dry drainage ditch that connects to Spring Creek, a tributary to the Little Missouri River.

 

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