WHO IS THE WINNER? ND or Golf

Congratulations to ND state agencies for continuing investigation into issue of ground water dangers.

NEW YORK(Reuters) - Dallas-based Denbury Resources said it stanched an oil and fracturing fluid leak froma broken well in North Dakota, and will plug the well withcement later Friday before investigating the cause the two-dayleak.

The well near Killdeer, North Dakota spewed 246 barrels ofcrude and 2,200 barrels of fresh fracking fluid - a water-basedmixture containing chemicals -- before it was suppressed withdrilling mud early on Friday.

At Least It's Not Earl

As we listen to reports about hurricane Earl, we have been reminded that we live surrounded by several active faults. "Is this a precursor of the big one?" Who knows. Perhaps!

Magnitude 3.3 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA

Shades of BP

Even a small spill like this should cause North Dakotas residents to be a little uneasy.

"There are more than 5,000 wells now producing more than 320,000 barrels of oil a day in western North Dakota, a record amount. As of Wednesday, there were 142 rigs drilling new wells in the state, at the rate of about one well per rig per month."