HOUSTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The North Dakota crude on aBNSF Railway Co train that derailed in Montana was produced byNorway's Statoil and compliant with regulations thatlimit flammability, a Statoil spokesman said on Friday.
The train was bound for BP Plc's refinery inWashington state, sources familiar with the shipment said.
Twenty-two of 106 railcars loaded with crude derailed on thewestbound train Thursday evening east of Culbertson, Montana. ABNSF spokesman said on Friday that three of the railcars wereleaking, but fumes were not present and the risk of fire wasnegligible.
(Reporting By Kristen Hays; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)