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April 3, 2013

ExxonMobil Ordered to Take Corrective Action on Oil Spill 
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The federal government has ordered Exxon Mobil to take corrective action
for the oil spill that's leaked thousands of barrels near Mayflower,
Arkansas. Exxon Mobil's Pegasus pipeline was carrying tar sands oil from
Canada when it ruptured last week, flooding the streets of a housing
development with thick black crude and forcing at least 22 evacuations.
The Transportation Department says Exxon Mobil has estimated a spill so
far of up to 5,000 barrels of oil. Arkansas officials, meanwhile, have
officially launched a probe of the rupture, asking Exxon Mobil to
preserve all relevant information "for any future litigation." The Exxon
Mobil spill comes as the Obama administration prepares to issue a
decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would
expand the transport of Canadian tar sands oil on a massive scale.

 

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