Nearly 300 Oil Spills Went Unreported in North Dakota in Less Than Two Years

Nearly 300 oil spills and 750 “oil field incidents” have occurred in North Dakota, the nation's No. 2 oil producer behind Texas, since January 2012, and none were reported to the public, according to a report released Friday by the Associated Press.

The investigation was spurred by a pipeline that spewed over 20,000 barrels of crude oil into a North Dakota wheat field earlier this month and went unreported for 11 days until it was discovered by a farmer harvesting his wheat.

Nearly 300 Oil Spills Went Unreported in North Dakota in Less Than Two Years