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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil has shut a crude oil pipeline after it ruptured near Mayflower, Arkansas, spilling “thousands” of barrels of oil, the company said.
The 20-inch Pegasus pipeline ruptured on late Friday afternoon and a few thousand barrels of oil had been observed, Exxon said in a statement. Exxon was preparing a response for a spill of more than 10,000 barrels.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had categorized the spill as a “major spill”, Exxon said. Clean-up crews had recovered approximately 4,500 barrels of oil and water.
The pipeline carries crude oil from Patoka, Illinois to the Gulf Coast.
Exxon pipeline leaks thousands of barrels of oil in Arkansas
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