The devastation from an oil spill in Mayflower 11 years ago is one step closer to being resolved with a settlement proposed between Arkansas agencies and Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. in federal court Monday.
The devastation from an oil spill in Mayflower 11 years ago is one step closer to being resolved with a settlement proposed between Arkansas agencies and Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. in federal court Monday.
of the street. luckily, our house is here, but the smell is unbelievable. i mean, look. that is oil. lots and lots of oil. on friday afternoon, another pipeline, an exxon mobil pipeline, this one carrying between illinois and texas, ruptured underground. it sent a thick stream of crude oil everywhere. dozens of residents have been evacuated indefinitely. it s now encroaching toward lake conway, a local source of drinking water. so far, the oil company says 12,000 barrels of oil contaminated water have been recovered by emergency responders. one of the things that has emerged is that it turns out this oil pipeline, a ticking time bomb, this was mostly unknown to the residents who live right on top of it.
he is like many who said they had no idea the pipeline existed. alexander says he knew nothing about the pipeline. before we buy the house, you know, what is underground or what is, where the houses are. supposed to be a 20-inch pipeline runs from illinois to texas. brantly knew nothing of the pipeline. i had no idea and i m the fourth of fifth house from it. official from the arkansas geological commission say most of the pipeline is underground expect for places where it crosses a body of water. they say there are published maps of the pipeline. after 9/11, details of the location were somewhat depressed. so, residents don t even know until friday when they learned about it because it bursts. well, all of that is going on in arkansas, the other big thing going on in the oil industry, it s happening simultaneously to this spill in arkansas is that in nearby louisiana, there s a trial.
it s july 25, 2010 in marshall, michigan, then out of nowhere, boom, an oil pipeline bursts, sending hundreds of thousands of crude oil everywhere. including into the nearby kalamazoo river. the oil company that owns the pipeline does nothing for close to 18 hours. and the oil keeps spewing all that time. the oil spill forces evacuations of all the local residents, compromises the drinking water in the area and now, nearly three years later, the oil company responsible for the spill is still trying to clean up all the oil. almost three years later, there is still oil in the kalamazoo river. that was july 2010. one year later, it s july 1st, 2011. nearing midnight in the city of laurel, montana. an otherwise normal summer night in montana, then again.