Locator: 49712SPILL.
A reader alerted me to this story. Thank you very much.
It's the epilogue to the story about the oil leak originating from the Keystone pipeline 60 miles southwest of Fargo back on April 8, 2025.
Have you ever noticed that oil spills only occur on pristine, "Garden of Eden" locations?
This spill affected / occurred in a field near Fort Ransom, a small town in a forested area with outdoor recreation and scenic views.
But I digress.
Unfortunately for the haters, this turned out to be a non-story.
The spill:
- 3,500 bbls of oil; almost inconsequential in the big scheme of things; probably won't even be among the top 10 spills in the US;
- affected five acres of gently rolling farmland;
- a company operater"caught" the leak almost immediately and stopped the flow of oil in two minutes -- two minutes;
- the company immediately began reclamation efforts, and, now six months later, the land it pretty much back to what it was before the spill;
- the operator's financial impact: minimal -- covered by insurance --
Two links:
- epilogue: November 14, 2025;
- initial hysteria: April 8, 2025.
It gets tedious.
LOL.
A huge thanks to the reader alerting me to this story. Validates / confirms my faith in the oil companies.