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Oil Giant Exxon Starts $160M Drilling Project Off Ireland's Coast
2013-04-01 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Independent: Oil giant ExxonMobil kicks off a $160m-plus (EUR125m) drilling programme off the west coast of Ireland this weekend with hopes that confirmation of major fossil fuel reserves will transform the country's economy. The US company is planning to drill test wells over a four-month period at two prospects at the Dunquin licence area in the Porcupine Basin, 200km off shore. Previous data has suggested that there could be over 300 million barrels of oil and 8.5 trillion cubic feet of gas between the...
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Exxon cleans up Arkansas oil spill; Keystone plan assailed
2013-04-01 02:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Exxon Mobil on Sunday continued cleanup of a pipeline spill that spewed thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude in Arkansas as opponents of oil sands development latched on to the incident to attack plans to build the Keystone XL line. Exxon spokesman Alan Jeffers said on Sunday that crews had yet to excavate the area around the pipeline breach, a needed step before the company can estimate how long repairs will take and when the line might restart. "I can't speculate on when it will happen,"...
Exxon Mobil Pipeline Rupture and Train Derailment Oil Spill, Exemplifies Concerns of Keystone XL
2013-03-31 18:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On Friday, an Exxon Mobil pipeline ruptured spilling an estimated 84,000 gallons of heavy crude oil from the Canadian tar sands region, causing the evacuation of 22 homes in the small town of Mayflower, Ark., about 20 miles north of Little Rock. According to Exxon, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers the incident a "major spill." The 20-inch Pegasus pipeline runs 858 miles from Patoka, Ill. to Nederland, Texas. According to a Saturday press release from Exxon, 189,000 gallons of...
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Exxon Mobil pipeline leaks a few thousand barrels of crude oil in Arkansas
2013-03-31 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Exxon Mobil said that one of its pipelines leaked a few thousand barrels of Canadian heavy crude oil near Mayflower, Ark., prompting the evacuation of 22 homes and reinforcing concerns many critics have raised about the Keystone XL pipeline that is awaiting State Department approval. The pipeline breach took place late Friday, Exxon said, in the 20-inch diameter, 95,000-barrel-a-day Pegasus pipeline, which originates in Patoka, Ill., and carries crude oil to the Texas Gulf Coast, the countrys...
Exxon cleans up Arkansas oil spill amid debate over Canada-to-US pipelines
2013-03-31 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Exxon Mobil was working to clean up thousands of barrels of oil in Mayflower, Arkansas, after a pipeline carrying heavy Canadian crude ruptured, a major spill likely to stoke debate over transporting Canada's oil to the United States. Exxon shut the Pegasus pipeline, which can carry more than 90,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from Pakota, Illinois, to Nederland, Texas, after the leak was discovered on Friday afternoon, the company said in a statement. Exxon, hit with a $1.7m fine by...
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