Law360, New York (April 18, 2012, 1:51 PM ET) -- Shell Oil Co. and ConocoPhillips were rocked Monday with another suit over the alleged release of benzene and other contaminants from a refinery in a southern Illinois village, this time by proposed classes of property owners.
Property owners in the village of Roxana, Ill., located 20 miles northeast of St. Louis, are accusing Shell, Conoco, a Conoco-Cenovus Energy Inc. joint venture and their affiliates of contaminating the groundwater, surface water, soil and air on and around their land through releases from the Wood River oil refinery....
Shell, Conoco Sued Again Over Ill. Carcinogen Releases
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