Oil company: Employees failed to report North Dakota spills
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May 23, 2018
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former employees of a Denver-based oil company operating in the Bakken oil patch failed to report five spills in northwest North Dakota dating back to October, according to the company.
Zavanna Vice President Cody Duran said three spills occurred at the same saltwater disposal well last year, and two more occurred at different sites in January, the Bismarck Tribune reported.
All the spills were in Williams County and involved produced water or brine, a waste byproduct of oil production. Most of the contamination stayed on well facility locations, but one spill killed a st...
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