Parties In Fracking Site Explosion Injury Suit Reach Settlement Before Trial

( August 14, 2026, 2:06 PM EDT) -- MINOT, N.D. — A North Dakota couple who sued seeking compensatory and punitive damages for a traumatic brain injury and other ailments the husband suffered due to exploding storage tanks while he was welding at a hydraulic fracturing site reached a settlement with WPX Energy Williston LLC, according to an Aug. 13 docket entry by a federal judge in North Dakota....