An oil rig north of Belfield, N.D., off of Highway 85 is shown Wednesday morning, Nov. 14, 2012. A Nabors Well Service representative said no one was injured in the incident. There are conflicting reports as to if it fell Tuesday or early Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Dickinson Press, Betsy Simon)
BELFIELD, N.D. — Officials say a drill rig collapsed near Belfield in western North Dakota this week but no one was hurt.
Nabors Drilling officials tell The Bismarck Tribune that no fluids spilled when the rig’s tall derrick collapsed. The company is looking into what happened.
State Mineral Resources spokeswoman Alison Ritter tells KXMB-TV that the incident happened while crews were preparing to move the rig to a new site.
The Dickinson Press reports that it’s unclear whether the collapse happened Tuesday or Wednesday.
