Tesoro has launched tesoroalert.com to keep everyone up to date on the North Dakota oil spill response efforts. The spill was discovered at the on September 29th and became national news a couple of weeks later. Tesoro estimates 20,000 barrels of oil were spilled. The company has recovered approximately 4,000 barrels to date. The spill affected 7-8 acres and remediation efforts are expected to be completed by the end of 2014.
“We deeply regret our recent crude oil spill north of Tioga, North Dakota. This type of event is unacceptable. We take full responsibility and will make the situation right.......We`re committed to leaving the land in the same or better condition it was in before our event, and we are taking steps to prevent incidents of this kind from occurring again.”
A page of FAQs and the October 10th press release are also included on the site.