An investigation is underway after a massive oil spill happened Friday near Kremlin. The spill stretches nearly three miles. KOCO was told this happened at a drilling mud disposal site. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Officials said there is no immediate threat to residents in the area, but the oil has killed some fish. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is leading the investigation. Wildlife officials and the Department of Environmental Quality are also on the scene. “My son-in-law comes in and he says, ‘We have a problem,’ and then he says, ‘We’ve got an oil spill from somewhere,'” said Dale Hayes, a rancher who owns the land near the spill. Landowners in the Kremlin area woke up to oil running through creeks and pastures. The Corporation Commission said the spill is from Nemaha Environmental Services, where it got into the nine-mile creek area. >> Download the KOCO 5 App“It’s our water source. That creek supplies the water for that pasture,” said Hayes. The oil got into the creek and went right through Hayes’ pasture. He said this is causing problems because he has livestock on that land. “If those bulls drank very much of the water, it could have a big impact on them,” said Hayes. “I’ve seen what oily water does to livestock.”The oil covered about a half a mile of his property, according to Hayes. “We could go in and mow some of it, I guess, and take it off that way, but you couldn’t turn livestock in there,” said Hayes. It is unknown how long it will take to pump out all of the oil in the area. “They’ve come in and put up temporary dams at the crossings and bridges to try to trap any more oil that’ll wash down with the rain,” said Hayes. Top Headlines String of break-ins terrorize Oklahoma City small businesses Gov. Stitt commits to send National Guardsmen to Southern border Bahl’s 5-hitter leads No. 1 seed Oklahoma past Stanford 2-0 in Women’s College World Series opener
An investigation is underway after a massive oil spill happened Friday near Kremlin.
The spill stretches nearly three miles. KOCO was told this happened at a drilling mud disposal site.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
Officials said there is no immediate threat to residents in the area, but the oil has killed some fish.
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is leading the investigation. Wildlife officials and the Department of Environmental Quality are also on the scene.
“My son-in-law comes in and he says, ‘We have a problem,’ and then he says, ‘We’ve got an oil spill from somewhere,'” said Dale Hayes, a rancher who owns the land near the spill.
Landowners in the Kremlin area woke up to oil running through creeks and pastures.
The Corporation Commission said the spill is from Nemaha Environmental Services, where it got into the nine-mile creek area.
“It’s our water source. That creek supplies the water for that pasture,” said Hayes.
The oil got into the creek and went right through Hayes’ pasture. He said this is causing problems because he has livestock on that land.
“If those bulls drank very much of the water, it could have a big impact on them,” said Hayes. “I’ve seen what oily water does to livestock.”
The oil covered about a half a mile of his property, according to Hayes.
“We could go in and mow some of it, I guess, and take it off that way, but you couldn’t turn livestock in there,” said Hayes.
It is unknown how long it will take to pump out all of the oil in the area.
“They’ve come in and put up temporary dams at the crossings and bridges to try to trap any more oil that’ll wash down with the rain,” said Hayes.
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