An Exxon Mobil Corp affiliate has agreed to pay $12 million in natural resource damages to the federal government and the state of Montana to settle claims over a 2011 crude oil spill from one of its a pipeline, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.
In 2011, ExxonMobil Pipeline Company's 40,000 barrel-per-day Silvertip pipeline in Montana ruptured underneath the Yellowstone River, releasing more than 1,000 barrels of crude and costing the company about $135 million to clean up.
By: Reuters.
Reporting: Tim Ahmann.
Writing: Mohammad Zargham.
Editing: Susan Heavey.
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