Oil spill on Montana's Yellowstone River forces evacuation

**Linda Kelso** · 07-02-2011

LAS VEGAS - An undetermined amount of crude oil spilled from an ExxonMobil pipeline into the Yellowstone River in Montana, prompting evacuations of nearby residents on Saturday, authorities said.

The spill that was detected early Saturday came from a crude oil pipeline that runs from Silver Tip to Billings, Montana, the ExxonMobil Pipeline Company said in a statement. The pipe was subsequently shut down and state and federal authorities were alerted, the company said.

Nearby residents in Laurel, Montana, were evacuated in the wee hours of the morning but were able to return to their homes by 6 a.m., said a spokesman for Laurel City Fire and Ambulance.

"Evacuation orders for all of Yellowstone County have been lifted," the emergency services spokesman said.

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http://www.cnbc.com/id/43619272

**Linda Kelso** · 07-04-2011

Exxon claims spill damage limited

LAUREL, Mont. (AP) — Teams of federal and Exxon Mobile workers are moving along the banks of Montana's legendary Yellowstone River in an effort to contain damage and gauge the impact from tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil that gushed from a ruptured pipe beneath the riverbed.

A break in an Exxon Mobile pipeline near Laurel fouled miles of riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts to close intakes across eastern Montana.

The company estimated that up to 1,000 barrels, or 42,000 gallons, spilled late Friday night before the flow from the damaged pipeline was stopped, coating parts of the watercourse with globs of crude.

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http://www.wwlp.com/dpps/living_gree...11-jpe_3868143

**Linda Kelso** · 07-05-2011

Montana governor presses for answers on resources for oil clean-up

Montana's governor pushed for answers Monday as to why additional resources have not been devoted to clean up the Yellowstone River, days after hundreds of barrels of oil seeped into the rushing waters after a pipeline ruptured.

ExxonMobil reported Monday night that more than 280 people have converged on the area near Billings, including workers from the Texas-based oil company and the Clean Harbors environmental firm. Gov. Brian Schweitzer told CNN earlier in the day that the effort has been "pretty good" thus far, even as he criticized the speed and comprehensiveness of the response.

"Not all the assets that we wanted are here, and we're going to find out why," he said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/04/mon...html?hpt=us_c2

AV · 07-05-2011

Could have been worse, could have been radioactive materials.

**Aberystwyth** · 07-12-2011

Photos here:

http://www.time.com/time/photogaller...081856,00.html

Montana’s Yellowstone River Oil Spill: The Shape of Things to Come?

http://www.onearth.org/article/yello...iver-oil-spill

**Linda Kelso** · 07-13-2011

How many times has Exxon been in trouble with oil spills or disasters? I can think of two off of the top of my head.

**Erwacht** · 07-13-2011

Someone's not being honest...

Montana environmental regulators have asked Exxon Mobil to justify its estimate for how much oil spilled into the Yellowstone River,

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/stat...#ixzz1S2FQdf8H

Exxon Mobil Pipeline president Gary Pruessing initially said it took six minutes to shut down the pumps on the Silvertip pipeline. But information submitted by the company to federal pipeline safety regulators later revealed it took almost an hour to fully stop the flow.

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/stat...#ixzz1S2F69kIf

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