May 28, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A state panel created to help prevent a repeat of last year’s oil spill into the Yellowstone River is calling for pipeline technology upgrades by companies and more money for government inspectors.
Those recommendations are in a report due for release today by the governor-appointed Pipeline Safety Review Council. Continue Reading
May 28, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A state panel created to help prevent a repeat of last year’s oil spill into the Yellowstone River is calling for technology upgrades by companies and more money for pipeline inspectors. Continue Reading
May 28, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A state panel created to help prevent a repeat of last year’s oil spill into the Yellowstone River is calling for technology upgrades by companies and more money for pipeline inspectors.
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January 19, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
An oil spill crew worker for Oil Mop Emergency Response steps out of a ring of absorbent pads July 11 along a flood plain of the Yellowstone River where oil was found collected near Laurel, Mont. Exxon Mobil agreed Thursday to pay the state of Montana $1.6 million in penalties over water pollution caused by this pipeline break last summer that fouled dozens of miles of shoreline along the scenic Yellowstone River, a state official said. Continue Reading
July 14, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
It likely will be months before investigators know what caused an ExxonMobil pipeline to rupture near Billings, Mont., unleashing crude oil into the Yellowstone River, a federal safety official said Thursday. Continue Reading
July 14, 2011 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON (AP) It will likely be months before investigators know what caused an ExxonMobil oil pipeline to rupture near Billings, Mont., spilling about 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River, a federal safety official said Thursday.
July 10, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
North Dakota officials say test results confirmed Friday that rivers in the northwestern part of the state have not been affected by an oil pipeline rupture July 1 in the Yellowstone River near Billings, Mont. Continue Reading
July 10, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
North Dakota officials say test results confirmed Friday that rivers in the northwestern part of the state have not been affected by an oil pipeline rupture July 1 in the Yellowstone River near Billings, Mont. Continue Reading
July 8, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has decided Exxon Mobil and the state don’t make good roommates after nearly a week of working together in close quarters to clean up an estimated 42,000 gallons of crude oil released into the Yellowstone River. Continue Reading
July 8, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The state of Montana has cut its ties to a joint Exxon Mobil-government command post overseeing an oil spill along the Yellowstone river, after the state’s Democratic governor said the group was defying state open government laws by denying public access. Continue Reading
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