The Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning following a rupture in North Dakota, with the resulting spill contained to an agricultural field near Fort Ransom. The cause of the rupture and the amount of crude oil released remain unknown, officials said.
According to Bill Suess, spill investigation program manager with the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, a worker at the site heard a "mechanical bang" and quickly shut down the pipeline within about two minutes. Oil...
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