Keystone Pipeline rupture spilled 147,000 gallons of oil
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The company that manages the Keystone Pipeline has estimated that 3,500 barrels of crude oil leaked from the pipeline near Fort Ransom in southeastern North Dakota. That’s about 147,000 gallons.
The North Dakota Division of Environmental Quality says the pipeline was shut down almost immediately.
The oil was contained to a farm field. A small stream near the site has been isolated and is not affected.
Last year, the line moved 26 million gallons of oil per day from Alberta, Canada to Texas.
The cause of the pipeline rupture remains under investigation.
