It was two weeks ago that Exxon Mobil’s (NYSE: XOM) Pegasus
pipeline ruptured, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into
the town of Mayflower, Arkansas, and I think it is about time that
someone called it what it is … a grade A f**k-up!
Contaminated
water has leaked into Lake Conway, local residents have fallen ill from
the toxic fumes, lawsuits have been filed, a severe thunderstorm in the
area caused complications with the clean-up efforts, and to top this
off, in an attempt to keep all of this quiet Exxon Mobil has tried to
intimidate the local media and block coverage.
The latest detail that has intrigued the media is the revelation that
the break in the pipe was 22 feet long, not a small, innocent, rupture
then. A 22 foot rupture suggests a huge amount of pressure within the
pipe, which then raises new questions about the cause of the spill.
Related article: Exxon Oil Spill in Arkansas, Keystone Spoiler?
Attorney General McDaniel told Rachel Maddow of MSNBC; “I
think when people found out that there was a rupture and there was a
65-year-old pipeline, I think that almost everybody assumed that there
was some small crack due to age. The rupture was 22 feet long.
Twenty-two feet is not something one would think would happen gradually.
So now we’re starting to ask all new questions.”
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