Exxon Digs Arkansas Oiled Lawns, Ruptured Pipeline Still Closed

Reuters reported that Exxon Mobil was digging out Arkansas oiled lawns where the Pegasus pipeline ruptured, in order to replace them with fresh sod but the line remains shut with no clear indication as to when it would re-open.

As quoted in the market news:

While response crews had begun removing oiled dirt and grass around houses in the subdivision, a plan to excavate the area around the pipeline breach remained under development for U.S. regulators’ review.

The company’s Pegasus pipeline, which can transport more than 90,000 barrels per day of Canadian crude oil to Texas from Illinois, ruptured on Friday in the subdivision in Mayflower, Arkansas, about 20 miles northeast of Little Rock.

Click here to read the full Reuters report.