April 22, 2015
ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. and Mobil Pipeline Co. will pay $5 million to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and Arkansas environmental laws stemming from a 2013 crude oil spill, the Arkansas attorney general announced Wednesday.
October 21, 2014
Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday pushed back against arguments that it seeks to "rewrite" the Clean Water Act by saying oil spill liability should be limited to oil that reaches navigable waters, arguing in Arkansas federal court that the act makes no mention of air or ground pollution.
October 09, 2014
Exxon Mobil Corp. can't "rewrite" the Clean Water Act by saying liability for an oil spill should be limited to oil that reached navigable waters versus total volume discharged, according to a motion filed on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice in Arkansas federal court.
June 12, 2014
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. must produce more documents, more quickly in a multimillion-dollar suit brought by the U.S. and the state of Arkansas over a March 2013 spill from the rupture of the Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas.
June 10, 2014
A federal court on Monday allowed the U.S. and the state of Arkansas to pursue their multimillion-dollar suit against Exxonmobil Pipeline Co. over the March 2013 spill from the rupture of the Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas.
October 21, 2013
An Arkansas federal judge on Monday granted a request by federal prosecutors to lift a stay on proceedings in the U.S. government's multimillion-dollar oil spill suit against Exxon Mobil Corp. now that the government shutdown has ended.
October 11, 2013
An Arkansas federal judge on Thursday hit the pause button on proceedings in the U.S. government's multimillion-dollar oil spill suit against Exxon Mobil Corp., granting the U.S. Department of Justice's unopposed request to stay the case for the duration of the government shutdown.
August 30, 2013
An Arkansas federal judge on Thursday proposed a June trial date for a federal lawsuit demanding ExxonMobil Corp. pay millions in civil fines and cleanup costs for a pipeline breach that dumped thousands of gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood.
June 13, 2013
The U.S. government and the state of Arkansas launched a federal suit against ExxonMobil Corp. on Thursday over a recent pipeline breach that dumped thousands of gallons of oil into a Mayflower, Ark., neighborhood, demanding millions in potential civil fines and cleanup costs.