Cleanup Underway After Massive Oklahoma Oil Spill
Crews are working to contain thousands of gallons of crude oil that leaked into a creek in northern Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner said the oil extends for about 5 miles in Black Bear Creek in rural Garfield County.
Skinner says the spill was reported Tuesday by Great Salt Plains Midstream of Oklahoma City, a pipeline operator. The oil apparently leaked from an open valve on a tank. Skinner says the cause is under investigation.
A representative of Great Salt Plains Midstream didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
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