List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States

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This article is intended as a companion to the Wikipedia article List of pipeline accidents in the United States. Large accidents, reported in the Wikipedia article, Industrial Disasters, are included. The production process encompasses all parts of the process from drilling for fuels to refining or processing to the final product. It also includes storage and disposal of waste. Unless otherwise stated, all accidents are associated with production wells.

Since many accidents involve transport of raw materials, several states included in this list have little or no fossil fuel production.

Useful web sites include:

Gas Well Fire in Greene County PA, 11 Feb. 2014, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Acknowledgements: Teresa Millls, Joel Rosenfield, and Louise Usechak provided accidents entered into this list by others.

Alabama

  • November 8, 2013 – Pickens County, Crude oil train derails, fire, one person evacuated[1]

Alaska

  • December 31, 2012 – Offshore drilling rig breaks loose from tow, 18 evacuated[2]

Arizona

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 but no accidents have been uncovered.[3]

Arkansas

  • September 2010 – March 2011 – Near Greenbrier, earthquake swarm near injection wells, largest 4.7[4]
  • March 29, 2013 – Mayflower – "Exxon-Pegasus" oil pipeline spill, 22 homes evacuated[5]
  • November 12, 2014 – earthquake, see Kansas

California

  • May 15, 2014 – Los Angeles, pipeline rupture, 4 sickened[6]
  • February 18, 2015 – Torrence, refinery explosion, four injured[7]
  • May 19, 2015 – Santa Barbara – Pipeline rupture, large oil spill [8]

Colorado

Florida

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 but no accidents have been uncovered.[3]

Idaho

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 but no accidents have been uncovered.[3]

Illinois

  • November 20, 2012 – Mokena, Pipe rupture, oil spill in tank farm[12]
  • March 5, 2015 – Galena, train derailment, fire, evacuations[13]

Indiana

  • About March 26, 2014 – Whiting – Crude oil spill from refinery[14]

Kansas

  • November 12, 2014 – Sumner County, epicenter of magnitude 4.8 earthquake[15]
  • January 19, 2015 – see OK

Kentucky

  • January, 2005 – Carrolton, Crude oil pipeline rupture, oil spill,[16]
  • October, 2008 – Burlington, Crude oil pipeline rupture, oil spill, 80 homes evacuated[16]

Louisiana

  • July 20, 2010 – Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulf of Mexico, 11 dead[17]
  • July 22, 2013 – Offshore gas well, 44 workers evacuated[18]

Maryland

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 but no accidents have been uncovered.[3]

Michigan

  • July 25, 2010 – Near Marshall, massive spill of heavy crude oil from Canada[19]
  • September 16, 2014- Benton Harbor, pipeline gas leak, 500 residents evacuated[20]

Mississippi

  • June 5, 2006 – Raleigh, oil field explosion, three dead, one injured[21]

Missouri

  • April 30, 2013 – Ripley County, crude oil spill from pipeline,[22]

Montana

  • July 2, 2011 – 10 miles from Billings, pipeline spill, evacuations[23]
  • January 16, 2015 – near Glendive, pipeline rupture [24]

Nebraska

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 but no accidents have been uncovered.[3]

Nevada

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 but no accidents have been uncovered.[3]

New Mexico

New York

1979-2009

  • 270 Accidents in the state[25]

After 2009

  • August 20, 2014 – Albany, crude oil spill from pipeline,[26]

North Carolina

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 but no accidents have been uncovered.[27]

North Dakota

2006 through Oct. 2014

  • Numerous spills, mainly western part of state, at least four injuries[28]

2015

  • January 6, 2015 – near Williston, large brine spill (reference to this article contains links to stories of earlier spills)[29]

Ohio

Before 2014

  • December 15, 2007 – Geauga County, gas well explosion,[30]
  • September 29, 2008 – Medina county, water well pollution[31]
  • March 17 – December 24, 2011 – Youngstown, 11 earthquakes near injection wells[32]
  • September 2012 to November 2013 –Four eastern Counties, repeated drilling-slurry spills[33]
  • November 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013 – Mahoning River, Illegal dumping of fracking waste[34]
  • September 30, 2013 – Harrison County, 400 micro-earthquakes[35]

2014

  • Twelve accidents, earthquakes, one dead, two injured, about 1000 evacuated [36]

2015

  • January 10, 2015 – Lima, Refinery explosion,[37]
  • April 3, 2015 – Vienna – Oil spill, water pollution, fish and animal kills[38]
  • July 24, 2015 –Trumbull County – Crude oil spill [39]

2016

  • February 1, 2016 - Crooksville, Gas leak, 500 evacuated [40]
  • March 9, 2016 - Near Barnsville, truck accident, waste water spill [41]

Oklahoma

Accidents

  • November 17, 2009 – Elk City, Crane failure,[42]
  • December 17, 2014 – Coal County, 2 dead, 2 injured[43]

Earthquakes

Oregon

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 [46] but no accidents have been uncovered.

Pennsylvania

  • Records of violations and spills are posted on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Web page
  • February, 2011 – Avila, explosion, 3 injured[47]
  • May 19, 2012 – Leroy Twp., Contamination from leaking gas well,[48]
  • January 11, 2014 – Susquehanna County, Explosion, 1 injured[49]
  • February 11, 2014 - Greene County, Explosion, One injured, One missing,[50]
  • September 6, 2014 – Mercer County – Fire, 15 to 20 homes evacuated[51]

South Dakota

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 [46] but no accidents have been uncovered.

Tennessee

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 [46] but no accidents have been uncovered.

Texas

  • March 23, 2005 – Texas City, Refinery explosion, 15 dead, 180 injured[52]
  • April 5, 2013 – West, blowout, two dead, two injured[53]
  • April 30, 2014 – Loving County, explosion, 2 dead, 9 injured[54]
  • January 1, 2015 – Irving, earthquake[55]
  • August 20, 2015 – Crude oil storage fire [56]

Utah

Virginia

  • April 9, 2014 – Lynchburg, Train derailment, explosion, fire, 300 people evacuated, oil spill[57]

Washington

  • State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 [46] but no accidents have been uncovered.

West Virginia

  • List of spills is posted on West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection database. Company name is needed to search database.
  • June 7, 2010 through January 26, 2015 – Ohio River Valley, Numerous accidents, 2 dead, 7 injured, about 1000 evacuated[47]
  • February 5, 2012 – Taylor County, Explosion, One dead[58]
  • July 7, 2012 – Dodridge County, Well fire, Five injured,[59]
  • February 16, 2015 – Mount Carbon – derailment, one injured, 85 evacuated [60]

Wisconsin

  • July 29, 2012 – Pipeline oil spill, one evacuation[61]

Wyoming

  • September 24, 2012 – Well blowout[62]

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  5. ↑ 2013 Mayflower oil spill
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  19. ↑ see Wikipedia article: Kalamazoo River oil spill
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  29. ↑ "Williams County brine spill much bigger than originally reported", Grand Forks Herald, January 21, 2015
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  40. ↑ "Officials: Valve on gas well caused leak near Crooksville", Zanesville Times Recorder, February 2, 2016 [3]
  41. ↑ Truck overturns, spills drilling wastewater that taints reservoir, Columbus Dispatch, March 9, 2016 [4]
  42. ↑ Oil rig accident in Elk City kills 2 Vici men, NewsOK, November 19, 2009
  43. ↑ UPDATE: Two dead after coal County, Oklahoma oil rig fire Friday, Ponca Post, December 19, 2014
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  61. ↑ "UPDATE 4-Enbridge to replace leaky Wisconsin oil pipeline Monday", Reuters, July 29, 2012
  62. ↑ "Chesapeake Wyoming well blowout no threat to water – EPA" Reuters, April 26, 2012
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