http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/content/oil-spill-initial-estimate-doubled-800-barrels-department-health-says-about-half-escaped-dry
[It astonishes me that the oil industry cannot get an initial estimate
of spill volumes to within a factor of two, and occasionally an order of
magnitude. However, with that as their accountability benchmark, I
guess it should come as no surprise that they have no idea how to
actually clean up a spill, because for starters, they have no way to
know when they are done based on volume recovered. Of course, the
company may argue that 33,600 gallons is such a small amount, it is
difficult for them to measure it accurately; which would simply
demonstrate another problem with the industry.]
Oil spill initial estimate doubled to 800 barrels: Department of Health
says about half escaped into dry drainage
By Forum News Service on Mar 21, 2014 at 10:29 a.m.
ALEXANDER -- The North Dakota Department of Health has doubled the
initial estimate of an oil spill Thursday in McKenzie County, now saying
that 800 barrels leaked from an above-ground section of pipeline because
of a gasket failure.
The spill occurred Thursday about six miles northeast of Alexander at a
facility owned by Hiland Crude LLC, said Dennis Fewless, director of the
Division of Water Quality for the North Dakota Department of Health said.
Hiland personnel discovered the spill about 5 a.m. Thursday at the Camp
Creek injection station, Hiland Partners said in a statement. Before
6:30 a.m., specialized contractors were on site and the flow of crude
oil was substantially controlled, the company said.
Fewless said Thursday that the spill was estimated at 400 barrels, or
16,800 gallons, but he updated that figure Friday to 800 barrels, or
33,600 gallons.
The statement from Hiland on Thursday said about 100 barrels got off of
the location, but a news release Friday from the Health Department said
about half of the 800 barrels escaped into a dry drainage area and half
stayed within the containment area.
No surface waters were affected by the spill, the department reported.
Crews were building berms to contain the oil, cleanup was under way and
a state inspector was on site to assist with remediation.
Contractors were removing contaminated soil, with all off-site
remediation expected to be completed Friday, the company said Thursday.
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