Published July 06, 2011, 12:08 PM
Exxon claimed failed Mont. pipe 12 ft. under river
LAUREL, Mont. (AP) — Federal documents show Exxon Mobil Co. told concerned regulators that an oil pipeline beneath the flooding Yellowstone River was 12 feet beneath the riverbed a month before the line broke and spewed an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude into the waterway.
