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Exxon says 40 landowners report property fouled by spill
Posted by Reuters: Emilie Ritter on July 7th, 2011
Reuters: About 40 Montana landowners have reported contamination of their property by crude oil spilled from a ruptured Exxon Mobil pipeline into the flood-swollen Yellowstone River over the weekend, the company said on Wednesday.
As the scope of property damage came into sharper relief, Montana's governor accused Exxon of underestimating how much oil spewed into the one of America's most pristine rivers 150 miles downstream from Yellowstone National Park.
"This cleanup would go a lot better if we could...
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Exxon says Montana pipeline repairs to take weeks
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 7th, 2011
Reuters: Exxon Mobil Corp is working on a plan to repair and restart a ruptured Montana pipeline that spilled up to 1,000 barrels of crude into the Yellowstone River last weekend, but restoration is not expected for at least two weeks, an executive said on Wednesday.
"Restoration of the line is something we'll look at separately," said Gary Pruessing, president of Exxon Mobil Pipeline Company. "It's not something that's going to happen in the next day, or week, or couple of weeks."
He said the immediate...
Exxon said failed Mont. pipeline was deeply buried
Posted by Associated Press: Matthew Brown and Garance Burke on July 7th, 2011
Associated Press: Exxon Mobil Co. had reassured federal regulators and officials from a Montana town since December that an oil pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River was safe, buried deep enough to avoid any accidental ruptures.
Then, on Friday night, the pipe failed, spilling an estimated 42,000 gallons into the flooded river.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation, but the prevailing theory among officials and the company is that the raging Yellowstone eroded the riverbed and exposed the line...