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Blacktail Creek Spill

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Blacktail Creek and Moline Well Pad<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Point where the pipeline broke.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4014916666667<br />Longitude: -103.639548333333<br />Tags:
Point where the pipeline broke, looking North at the overland brine flow<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.40129<br />Longitude: -103.639365<br />Tags:
Looking north at the overland brine flow. The area had been excavated down to 12 inches below ground surface.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4008983333333<br />Longitude: -103.637853333333<br />Tags:
Looking west at contaminated soil that was excavated from the overland brine flow area.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4012966666667<br />Longitude: -103.6388<br />Tags:
Location where produced water spill entered Black Tail Creek.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4010683333333<br />Longitude: -103.63777<br />Tags:
Oil on the Blacktail Creek immediately down stream of where the oil initially entered the creek.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4008983333333<br />Longitude: -103.637853333333<br />Tags:
Oil stained ice on the Blacktail Creek down stream of where the oil initially entered the creek.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4008983333333<br />Longitude: -103.637853333333<br />Tags:
Oil/water recovery at location 1 (farthest upstream)<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.40104<br />Longitude: -103.638133333333<br />Tags:
Downstream of where produced water spill entered Blacktail Creek.<br />Date Taken: 1/23/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4008983333333<br />Longitude: -103.637853333333<br />Tags:
Clean up crew assessing the most effective way to place boom immediately downstream of oil/water recovery location 1.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.400365<br />Longitude: -103.636806666667<br />Tags:
Containment boom placed at oil/water recovery location 1.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.400365<br />Longitude: -103.636806666667<br />Tags:
Changing conditions cause an ice dam to form downstream of oil/water recovery location 1.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.400365<br />Longitude: -103.636806666667<br />Tags:
Underflow dam #2 being constructed.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4011333333333<br />Longitude: -103.633423333333<br />Tags:
Containment boom immediately up stream of oil/water recovery location 1<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4010066666667<br />Longitude: -103.632903333333<br />Tags:
Oil staining on ice.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.401<br />Longitude: -103.63272<br />Tags:
Oil/water recovery operations at intermediate recovery station.<br />Date Taken: 1/23/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4009416666667<br />Longitude: -103.632871666667<br />Tags:
Oil/water recovery operations and work area on mud mats at intermediate recovery station.<br />Date Taken: 1/23/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4011266666667<br />Longitude: -103.633106666667<br />Tags:
Collection point of BT-PW-01<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.4027933333333<br />Longitude: -103.629068333333<br />Tags:
Well pad name where sample BT-PW-01 was collected.<br />Date Taken: 1/24/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 48.40272<br />Longitude: -103.62872<br />Tags:

Blacktail Creek and Moline Well Pad Point where the pipeline broke. Point where the pipeline broke, looking North at the overland brine flow Looking north at the overland brine flow. The area had been excavated down to 12 inches below ground surface. Looking west at contaminated soil that was excavated from the overland brine flow area. Location where produced water spill entered Black Tail Creek. Oil on the Blacktail Creek immediately down stream of where the oil initially entered the creek. Oil stained ice on the Blacktail Creek down stream of where the oil initially entered the creek. Oil/water recovery at location 1 (farthest upstream) Downstream of where produced water spill entered Blacktail Creek. Clean up crew assessing the most effective way to place boom immediately downstream of oil/water recovery location 1. Containment boom placed at oil/water recovery location 1. Changing conditions cause an ice dam to form downstream of oil/water recovery location 1. Underflow dam #2 being constructed. Containment boom immediately up stream of oil/water recovery location 1 Oil staining on ice. Oil/water recovery operations at intermediate recovery station. Oil/water recovery operations and work area on mud mats at intermediate recovery station. Collection point of BT-PW-01 Well pad name where sample BT-PW-01 was collected. Oil/water recovery operations at downstream recovery station near Moline 2H and 3H well pad. Completed underflow dam. Oil collection station 1 nearest spill site. Containment boom poorly maintained, oil entrainment. Frozen confluence of Little Muddy Creek and Blacktail Creek. Oil collection site 1. Oil recovery and boom adjustment. Little Muddy Creek at Route 2 Oil collection site 1; oil recovery with rope skimmer and boom properly positioned Rope skimmer at containment boom, station 1 removing free product Rope skimmer and adsorbent (snares) station 1 with ice blocks collecting around skimming ops Ice containment/removed from creek adjacent to skimmer ops Creek flowing over Underflow Dam #3 (downstream end of containment on Blacktail Creek). Interceptor Trench Blacktail Ck Site overview from west looking at frac tanks positioned at recovery trench/sumps. Interception Trench / sumps 1 - 3 with creek overflow water looking downstream, southeast. Blacktail Ck overland flow near upper oil recovery station. Oil spread and boom washed out. Blacktail Ck at Station 34+00 / upper oil recovery station in April. Sheen and emulsion collecting at the boom. Blacktail ck oil sheen below Station 62+00 and evidence of oil on banks. Blacktail Ck between Station 62+00 and 64+00. Oil observed on creek bank below the underflow dam. Blacktail creek floodplain area impacted by the Produced Water spill near upper recovery sumps. Well pad where sample BT-PW-02 was collected. The hex bolt was removed and the valve was opened to collect sample BT-PW-02 START collecting sample BT-PW-02 Sample BT-SW-03 was collected as a background sample Looking South at the overland brine flow and pipe break location Looking south east from approximately due North of the pipeline break point. Showing the proximity of the overland brine flow to Blacktail Creek. Brine water entered the creek here. Looking south towards the pipeline break point. The overland flow of brine water to the north of the pipeline break point has been excavated. Test pits being dug to determine subterranean oil migration pathways. Test pit #1 in relation to Blacktail Creek. The creek it approximately 20 ft to the east of test pit #1. Test pit #6 Test pit #5 Test pit #4 Test pit #3 Test pit #2 Test pit #1 Ineffective containment boom bellying in Blacktail Creek Cleanup crew placing pom-poms in Blacktail Creek Sample BT-SD-01 Sample BT-SD-02 Oil sheen on Blacktail Creek near US-85. Samples BT-SD-03 and BT-SW-04 Sample BT-SW-05 Sample BT-SW-06 Chloride test location #1 Chloride test location #2 Chloride test location #3 Underflow Dam 3 over-topped by late afternoon 1-26-15. Chloride test location #4 Chloride test location #5. Just west of US-85 bridge over Blacktail Creek Chloride test location #6. East of US-85.