WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) A Dallas-based oil company says someone has vandalized one of its oil well sites near Watford City, causing more than 250 barrels of oil to be released.
Petro-Hunt L.L.C. reported Monday that 260 barrels of oil were released, contained and recovered at a site about 25 miles northeast of Watford City.
Company spokesman Fred Hosey says someone came onto their unsecured site, broke the seals on the tank valves and opened them. He says the oil was released only within a protective berm.
Hosey says while vandalism isn't common at their sites, it does happen. He says occasionally it's a local with a bone to pick, but most of the time authorities never find the culprits.
The incident has been reported and the local authorities are investigating.