{"id":82499,"date":"2016-11-07T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=82499"},"modified":"2016-11-06T14:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T14:35:09","slug":"massive-north-dakota-oil-leak-proves-native-american-protesters-right-for-fighting-illegal-dapl-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/11\/massive-north-dakota-oil-leak-proves-native-american-protesters-right-for-fighting-illegal-dapl-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive North Dakota Oil Leak Proves Native American Protesters Right for Fighting Illegal DAPL Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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30 Oct 2016 – <\/em>Are you still wondering why So many people support the #NoDAPL protectors? This spill is part of the reason. Imagine, if you will, tens of thousands of gallons of\u00a0oil pouring into the river that provides the drinking water for over 10 million people. Would you want to drink it? or swim in it? or eat anything from it?<\/p>\n

A North Dakota oil well owned by Oasis Petroleum Inc blew out over the [30 Oct] weekend and has yet to be capped, leaking more than 67,000 gallons of crude so far and endangering a tributary of the Missouri River, according to Ernest Scheyder of Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cause of the blowout remains unknown, though state officials surmise it may have been caused by hydraulic fracturing of a nearby well in a situation referred to in the industry as \u201ccommunication\u201d between wells.<\/p>\n

Thick gray smoke rose from the Helling Trust 11-15H well site on Monday afternoon as dozens of tractor-trailers hauled in vacuum trucks and other cleanup equipment. Oasis is trying to cap the well by pumping in a thick mixture of mud and clay, state officials said.<\/p>\n

The blowout happened at 11 p.m. local time on Saturday. The company worked all weekend to regain control of the well, including flying in staff from its Houston headquarters, but so far efforts have been unsuccessful, according to state and local officials.<\/p>\n

The well is about 15 miles south of White Earth, North Dakota, in Mountrail County.<\/p>\n

Scheyder says, \u201cUnlike most blowouts, this one did not produce a geyser of crude but a smaller burst roughly 5 feet (1.52 m) in height that sprayed oil onto the well pad. Some of the oil pooled onto the pad and some was carried by a light wind to the White Earth River, a tributary of the Missouri River, roughly 850 feet (260 m) down a nearby cliff.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not your typical blowout,\u201d said Bill Suess of the state\u2019s Department of Health.<\/p>\n

A light sheen of oil was on the nearby river, and a Reuters reporter counted\u00a0at least 16 absorbent booms that had been installed in an attempt to keep the oil from moving downstream.<\/p>\n

State officials reported approximately 84,000 gallons of saltwater also leaked from the well. Crude oil extracted from the state\u2019s Bakken shale formation typically contains high concentrations of brine (salt water) that must be separated.<\/p>\n

Oasis said it was working \u201cto ensure that safe and thorough remediation efforts are completed in a timely fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company has hired a Superior Energy Services to assist in capping the well.<\/p>\n

When you are deciding whether or not you should support the #NoDAPL protectors or corporate profits, take this oil spill into consideration. Make the wise choice for the future of America, the future of your children.<\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 countercurrentnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you still wondering why So many people support the #NoDAPL protectors? This spill is part of the reason. A North Dakota oil well owned by Oasis Petroleum Inc blew out over the [30 Oct] weekend and has yet to be capped, leaking more than 67,000 gallons of crude so far and endangering a tributary of the Missouri River. The well is about 15 miles south of White Earth, North Dakota, in Mountrail County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}