An additional 80 people were heading to the Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) pipeline spill site Monday as the effort to clean the oil spilled from its Silvertip pipeline widened, Exxon said.
An additional 80 people were heading to the Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)
pipeline spill site Monday as the effort to clean the oil spilled from its
Silvertip pipeline widened, Exxon said.
With the addition, about 200 people are working to repair the damage from the
estimated 1,000 barrels of oil the pipeline spilled into the
Yellowstone
River
late
Friday. Exxon said most of the oil fell along the shoreline within about 10
miles of the spill site, but has reconnaissance planes flying about 144 miles
downstream to check for damage.
The leak from the 12-inch pipeline, originally reported Saturday, caused the
temporary evacuation of some area residents. Local officials have said that
flooding has hampered the cleanup work, and that some of the leaked oil could
reach the
Missouri River
, of which the
Yellowstone
is a
tributary.
The cause of the leak is still under investigation, Exxon said.
The incident comes on heightened concerns about pipeline safety stemming from
natural-gas pipeline explosions across the
U.S.
, and
from a major spill in July 2010, in which 20,000 barrels of oil escaped from an
Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP) pipeline in
Michigan
. The
cause of the spill remains a mystery.
Exxon said its pipeline met "all regulatory requirements" and was
inspected in December. The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration audited the pipeline's integrity management program in June,
Exxon added.
PHMSA has sent agents to help with the investigation but has so far not issued
information.
The Silvertip pipeline runs from Silver Tip,
Mont.
, to
Billings
, and
usually moves about 40,000 barrels of crude oil a day.
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