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KARK
March 1, 2018
MAYFLOWER, Ark. -- March 2018 will mark five years since a ruptured pipeline spewed well over 100 thousand gallons of crude oil into a Mayflower neighborhood. The small town was left to overcome what the EPA called a "major" spill in the Northwoods subdivision. Many of the affected families movedÃâà...
Seeking Alpha
August 29, 2017
Exxon Mobil put up its Longview to Louisiana and Pegasus pipelines, the Hawkins gathering system, "an idle pipeline in southern Oklahoma" (not sure what line that is) and its Patoka, Illinois terminal. There isn't an enormous amount of straightforward information on these assets, so I did some digging.
Grist
August 17, 2017
ExxonMobil's Pegasus Pipeline poured more than 200,000 gallons of heavy crude into a neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas, in 2013. Twenty-two homes had to be evacuated, and in the aftermath, hundreds of residents complained of nausea, nosebleeds, and respiratory problems. In 2015, the EPA fined Exxon moreÃâà...
InsideClimate News
August 16, 2017
A break in Exxon's Pegasus Pipeline sent more than 200,000 gallons of heavy tar sands crude oil spilling into a neighborhood of Mayflower, Arkansas, ... A federal appeals court has let ExxonMobil largely off the hook for a 2013 pipeline spill that deluged a neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas, with moreÃâà...
THV 11
June 16, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, a law firm with offices in Little Rock and Fayetteville, announced today that it has reached a settlement on behalf of dozens of residents and homeowners in Mayflower adversely affected by the 2013 rupture of the Exxon Mobil Pegasus Pipeline.
KATV
June 15, 2017
Families affected by the 2013 Pegasus Pipeline oil spill in Mayflower have reached a settlement with ExxonMobil. As a part of the settlement, the 64 families a part of the lawsuit can't disclose what they ended up getting from ExxonMobil. Mike Fletcher, one of the victims of the spill says he is pleased considering the turmoilÃâà...
THV 11
June 15, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, a law firm with offices in Little Rock and Fayetteville, announced today that it has reached a settlement on behalf of dozens of residents and homeowners in Mayflower adversely affected by the 2013 rupture of the Exxon Mobil Pegasus Pipeline.
Arkansas Times (blog)
June 15, 2017
The Exxon Pegasus pipeline was constructed in large part with pre-World War II materials and technology. Despite the pipeline's age, Exxon reversed the direction of flow and pumped the heavy, coarse tar sands oil through the aging pipeline. The pipeline was unable to handle the pressure of the flow,Ãâà...
InsideClimate News
October 2, 2015
Exxon was criticized by federal pipeline officials for poor oversight of its Pegasus pipeline, which burst in 2013. Credit: ... ExxonMobil has been hit with a $2.6 million fine and harshly criticized by federal safety officials for failing to maintain an aging oil pipeline that burst two years ago in a quiet ArkansasÃâà...
InsideClimate News
August 13, 2015
A federal judge rejected arguments by local Arkansas authorities that a $5 million settlement related to ExxonMobil's 2013 pipeline rupture was too weak to protect ... The agreement also requires Exxon to designate its northern Pegasus pipeline as at-risk for bursting along the pipe seams—something theÃâà...
KATV
April 1, 2013
MAYFLOWER (KATV) - A rupture in the Pegasus Pipeline sent crews flying to clean up thousands of barrels of oil. The 20 inch pipeline carries crude oil from Patoka, Ill., to the Texas Gulf Coast, running through Missouri and Arkansas. According to ExxonMobil Spokesperson Charlie Engelman, the pipeline's capacity is up toÃâà...
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