(Epping, ND) Thousands of gallons of brine and several oil barrels have been spilled and then recovered in a Western North Dakota incident. The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was alerted to a spill of approximately 2,490 barrels of brine and 10 barrels of oil that began on September 2nd, 2023, at the PANKOWSKI SWD 1 well. Officials with Tallgrass Water North Dakota, LLC
Produced water and crude oil spilled as a result of an equipment malfunction near Epping in northwestern North Dakota s Williams County on Sept. 2, according to state regulators.