Exxon Developing Excavation Plan for Pegasus Oil Pipeline Spill
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Exxon Mobil Corp. is developing an excavation and removal plan for a damaged section of its 96,000 barrel-a-day Pegasus crude pipeline, which was shut after a leak was discovered in Arkansas on March 29.
The company said yesterday it collected about 12,000 barrels of oil and water from the spill, classified as major by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a statement from the Mayflower Incident Unified Command Joint Information Center. Local officials recommended 22 homes closest to the leak remain evacuated.