The Keystone Pipeline in North Dakota ruptured Tuesday morning.
According to Bill Seuss, spill investigation program manager with the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, an employee working at the site near Fort Ransom, North Dakota, heard a “mechanical bang.” The pipeline was shut down within two minutes of the rupture, and emergency personnel were notified.
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The spilled product from the pipeline was confined to an agricultural field south of the pump station, according to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. Oil was reported surfacing 300 yards south of the pump station.
No people or structures were affected by the spill.
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It remains unclear what caused the rupture, or the volume of crude oil spilled.
The pipeline, which carries crude oil from Canada to the United States, has had at least three significant spills since 2017. It runs through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri and reaches refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma.