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Exxon gets $1 million penalty in Yellowstone spill
2015-01-24 03:07:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Federal officials have issued a $1 million penalty against Exxon Mobil Corp. for safety violations stemming from a pipeline rupture in 2011 that spilled 63,000 gallons of crude into Montana's Yellowstone River. The Department of Transportation order issued Friday reduces the penalty as originally proposed by about $700,000.
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Exxon gets $1 million penalty in Yellowstone spill
2015-01-24 03:05:28| Energy - Topix.net
Federal officials have issued a $1 million penalty against Exxon Mobil Corp. for safety violations stemming from a pipeline rupture in 2011 that spilled 63,000 gallons of crude into Montana's Yellowstone River. The Department of Transportation order issued Friday reduces the penalty as originally proposed by about $700,000.
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Worst Fracking Wastewater Spill North Dakota Leaks 3 Million Gallons Into River
2015-01-23 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Three million gallons of brine, a salty, toxic byproduct of oil and natural gas productionalso known as fracking wastewaterspilled from a leaking pipe in western North Dakota. State officials say its the worst spill of its kind since the fracking boom began in the state. The spill was reported 17 days ago when Operator Summit Midstream Partners found a toxic leak of salty drilling waste from a pipeline in the heart of the Bakken oil boom. Officials say theres no immediate threat to human health...
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Barriers Set Up, Water Being Testing at North Dakota Site of 3M Gallon Saltwater Spill
2015-01-23 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Earthen barriers have been set up across a creek and water was being tested Thursday around the site of a nearly 3 million-gallon leak of saltwater generated by oil drilling, the largest spill of its kind during North Dakota's current oil rush. The berms were built at Blacktail Creek to prevent potentially contaminated water from flowing out of the creek and into a bigger body of water that eventually leads into the Missouri River. "So when the ice starts to melt if there's any oil or contaminated...
Montana city to hear if water safe to drink after oil spill
2015-01-22 20:30:48| Waste Management - Topix.net
Authorities expect to determine Thursday if thousands of residents of a Montana city can drink from their taps after a broken pipeline spilled oil into a river and contaminated their water supply. Jeni Garcin with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality said Glendive's water no longer shows elevated levels of benzene, a carcinogenic component of oil, in initial tests taken from fire hydrants.
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