North Dakota Fracking Well Leak 'Out of Control'

From Ring of Fire:

An oil well in North Dakota was leaking fracking fluids after a blowout on Thursday, Reuters reports. The well was out of control after a blowout preventer failed. A company spokesman estimated the well was leaking between 50 and 70 barrels of fracking fluid per day.

The leak occurred near Cherry Creek in McKenzie County. According to the well owner, Whiting Petroleum Corp., the leak was contained and fracking fluids were being collected and trucked from the site. The company also said that none of the fluid entered the water.

“The well is not under control,” Kris Roberts, a spokesman for the North Dakota Department of Health, said on Friday afternoon. “They’re still diverting what’s flowing from the well into storage tanks and hauling that.”

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