United States: Exxon says Mobile Bay leak caused by salt water line

Reuters: A salt water pipeline leak offshore Alabama has forced ExxonMobil to halt gas production in the Mobile Bay area of the Gulf of Mexico, the company said on Thursday. A sheen was detected on the water on Tuesday night, one mile south of Dauphin Island where ExxonMobil runs a number of subsea natural gas pipelines, prompting the company to shut in 280 million cubic feet per day of natural gas production. "ExxonMobil can confirm that a subsea pipeline that transports salt water produced from its......

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