Exxon Mobil CEO on spill: ‘I’m proud of the response’
Exxon Mobil Corp’s CEO, in an exclusive interview with FuelFix, said a rupture and oil spill last week from a company pipeline in Arkansas was regrettable, but that he is proud of the quick response to the incident.
“We’ll see what the cause was here, we really don’t know yet,” Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson said in the interview. “But I’m proud of the response and I’m really proud of the coordination we’ve had with the local authorities.”
Tillerson said Exxon Mobil’s response had limited damage and was a credit to the company’s focus on safety procedures, which it rehearses to ensure that it can reduce damage in the case of a problem.
The rupture of the Pegasus pipeline, which was installed in 1940, has damaged soil, killed two animals and caused the evacuation of nearly two dozen homes, according to Exxon Mobil. Emergency responders, working with Exxon Mobil, were at the site in Mayflower, Arkansas, 30 minutes after a problem was detected, the company said. So far, they have recovered about 12,000 barrels of water and oil.
More at http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/04/03/exxon-mobil-ceo-on-spill-im-proud-of-the-response/ .
