Tag: Oil Industry Pollution

Offenders rarely punished for oil wastewater spills, despite damage

State agencies say fines of oil wastewater spills could lead to delays, lawsuits OKLAHOMA CITY – In April 2013, a malfunctioning oil well in the countryside north of Oklahoma City caused storage tanks to overflow, sending 42,000 gallons of briny wastewater hurtling over a dike, across a wheat field and into a farm pond. State regulators ordered […]