NewsMay 6, 2013
ExxonMobil completes oil pipeline repair near Doniphan
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Officials with ExxonMobil have repaired an oil pipeline near Doniphan, where a leak was discovered last week. A resident near Doniphan found oil leaking in his yard Tuesday. All told, about one barrel -- roughly 42 gallons of crude oil -- leaked from the Pegasus pipeline. The cause remains under investigation...
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DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Officials with ExxonMobil have repaired an oil pipeline near Doniphan, where a leak was discovered last week.
A resident near Doniphan found oil leaking in his yard Tuesday. All told, about one barrel -- roughly 42 gallons of crude oil -- leaked from the Pegasus pipeline. The cause remains under investigation.
The repair was completed Friday.
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The pipeline running from Illinois to Texas already was out of service after a much larger breach in Arkansas in March, but oil remained inside.
About 5,000 barrels of oil spilled in March. The cause of that leak also is being investigated.
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