Incident reported in Mountrail County

 

The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was notified of a release occurring on Thursday, February 20 at the Fladeland SWD 1 saltwater disposal well, operated by Fladeland 1 SWD LLC, about eight miles northeast of New Town, North Dakota. 

Goodnight Midstream reported Friday, February 21 that 830 barrels of brine and 60 barrels of oil were released due to a tank leak. Product was contained on-site and cleanup is underway.

At the time of reporting 820 barrels of brine and 50 barrels of oil had been recovered.

A state inspector has been to the location and will monitor additional cleanup.