Spills of produced water and oil have almost become commonplace throughout North Dakota, but that begs the question: How many spills does our state really see?

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We dove into Hazconnect to check out the reported spills in the state and saw that the oil industry was not the only culprit.

Some of the spills are exceedingly small, others reach into the tens or even hundreds of thousands of gallons. Two of the spills reported would each fill over half of an Olympic swimming pool..

Here are all 69 spills reported to North Dakota for January 2024

Gal: Gallon
BBL: barrel (1 Barrel = 42 gallons)
MCF: Thousand Cubic Feet

 

Environmental Incident2/22/2024McKenzie CountyBrine - 312500 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/29/2024McKenzie County
Oil/Gas Spill2/29/2024Williams CountyCrude Oil - 2 gal
Environmental Incident2/29/2024McKenzie CountyNatural Gas Liquids - 5 gal
Environmental Incident2/29/2024McKenzie County
Environmental Incident2/29/2024Mountrail County
Oil/Gas Spill2/28/2024Three Affiliated TribeProduced Water - 1172 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/27/2024Williams County
Environmental Incident2/28/2024Williams County
Environmental Incident2/28/2024Mountrail County
Environmental Incident2/27/2024Williams CountyHydraulic Oil - 2 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/27/2024Barnes CountyDiesel - 10 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/20/2024Williams CountySaltwater - 10 bbl
Saltwater - 10 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/25/2024McKenzie CountyProduced Water - 120 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/26/2024Divide CountyCrude Oil - 7 bbl
Produced Water - 8 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/24/2024Williams CountyDiesel - 125 gal
Environmental Incident2/23/2024Williams County50% propylene glycol solution - 141 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/23/2024Bottineau CountyCrude Oil - 5 bbl
Produced Water - 5 bbl
Environmental Incident2/23/2024McKenzie County
Oil/Gas Spill2/23/2024Ward CountyJet Fuel A - 3000 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/22/2024Williams CountyProduced Water - 1400 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/22/2024Renville CountyCrude Oil - 20 bbl
Produced Water - 280 bbl
Environmental Incident2/22/2024Stark CountyDiesel - 50 gal
Environmental Incident2/21/2024Mountrail CountyHydraulic Oil - 1 gal
Environmental Incident2/15/2024Golden Valley CountyProduced Water - 1 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/20/2024Williams CountyCrude Oil - 50 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/20/2024Three Affiliated TribeCrude Oil - 90 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/20/2024Three Affiliated TribeCrude Oil - 65 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/20/2024Three Affiliated TribeCrude Oil - 5 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/17/2024Bowman CountyProduced Water - 108 bbl
Environmental Incident2/19/2024Cass CountyOil - 5 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/16/2024McKenzie County
Oil/Gas Spill2/18/2024Williams CountyCrude Oil - 25 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/17/2024Williams CountyCrude Oil - 70 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/17/2024Williams CountyProduced Water - 80 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/16/2024McKenzie CountyCrude Oil - 120 bbl
Brine - 30 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/6/2024Bottineau CountyProduced Water - 35 bbl
Environmental Incident2/16/2024McKenzie CountyCompressor Oil - 4 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/16/2024Burleigh CountyFuel - 600 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/16/2024Mountrail CountyInvert - 150 bbl
Environmental Incident2/14/2024Mountrail CountyHydraulic Oil - 0 gal
Environmental Incident2/14/2024Ward CountyGasoline - 100 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/14/2024Ward CountyDiesel - 51 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/13/2024Bowman CountyFire - 0 lbs
Oil/Gas Spill2/14/2024Stutsman CountyFuel - 5 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/13/2024Bottineau CountyProduced Water - 109 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/13/2024Williams CountyCrude Oil - 2 bbl
Environmental Incident2/12/2024Williams CountyHydraulic Oil - 0 gal
Environmental Incident2/11/2024Williams CountyRadiator Coolant - 3 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/8/2024McKenzie CountyProduced Water - 400 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/8/2024Williams CountyCrude Oil - 21 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/8/2024McKenzie CountyProduced Water - 100 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/8/2024Divide CountyCrude Oil - 10 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/8/2024Billings CountyCrude Oil - 3 bbl
Produced Water - 3 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/8/2024Divide CountyProduced Water - 20 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/8/2024Cass CountyCrude Oil - 60 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/7/2024Dunn County
Environmental Incident2/6/2024Williams CountyProduced Water - 272076 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/6/2024Bowman CountyCrude Oil - 1 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/6/2024Billings CountyCrude Oil - 8 bbl
Environmental Incident2/5/2024McKenzie CountySource Water - 4 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/3/2024Burke CountyProduced Water - 15 bbl
Environmental Incident2/5/2024McKenzie CountyCondensate - 5 gal
Oil/Gas Spill2/2/2024Billings CountyCrude Oil - 12 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/5/2024Renville CountyCrude Oil - 11 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/4/2024Three Affiliated TribeCrude Oil - 44 bbl
Produced Water - 397 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/2/2024Dunn CountyProduced Water - 5 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/3/2024McKenzie CountyCrude Oil - 1 bbl
Oil/Gas Spill2/1/2024Williams CountyCrude Oil - 30 bbl

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