The Keystone Pipeline was shut down after a “bang” was reported Tuesday morning in North Dakota, according to Bill Suess, spill investigation program manager with the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. He said that a release of crude oil from the pipeline was confined to an agricultural field south of the pump station, but that the volume of oil spilled was not immediately known.
“An employee on a pump station heard what was described as a mechanical bang” at 7:44 a.m., Suess told CBS News, adding that the employee immediately shut down the pipeline and notified emergency personnel.
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