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Arkansas Lithium Is Now a Reality
The only remaining question is this: How big will the industry’s potential be? read more >
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Exxon Mobil to Begin Lithium Drilling This Month Near Magnolia
Global energy giant ExxonMobil Corp. says it will begin drilling for lithium this month near Magnolia, a move Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said could turn the page on a new chapter of the state's economy. read more >
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A Foothold in a New Industry (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)
Another encouraging sign that a new industry could be at hand in south Arkansas. read more >
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Judge OKs $5M Deal Ending Lawsuit over Mayflower Oil Spill
A federal judge has signed a $5 million agreement among the operators of an oil pipeline and state and federal governments to end a lawsuit filed over a rupture that soiled land and water in central Arkansas in 2013. read more >
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Report Finds Illegal Use of Diesel in Fracking; Companies Point to Changing Definitions
The Environmental Integrity Project says some oil and gas companies have continued the illegal injection of diesel fuel during hydraulic fracturing, including Southwestern Energy and ExxonMobil subsidiaries in the Fayetteville Shale. read more >
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ExxonMobil Donates $250,000 to Relief Efforts
ExxonMobil, the company responsible for a large oil spill that polluted a central Arkansas neighborhood, has donated $250,000 on Thursday to aid recovery efforts in the state from last week's severe storms that included a deadly tornado. read more >
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One Year After Spill, Clinton School Panel Discusses Lessons From ExxonMobil’s Pipe Break in Mayflower
A year after a major oil spill in a small Arkansas town, a congressman says that while communities believe they are ready for a disaster, there is always something else to do to prepare. read more >
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Exxon Sued by Whisenhunt over Gas Royalties
An investment arm of the Little Rock commercial developer Joe Whisenhunt is hauling Exxon Mobil Corp., its subsidiary XTO Energy and other firms into court for allegedly shortchanging him on natural gas royalties. read more >
Agency Proposes $2.6M in Penalties Against Exxon
A federal agency is proposing more than $2.6 million in civil penalties against ExxonMobil after one of the company's pipelines ruptured and spilled thousands of barrels of oil in central Arkansas, according to a document released Wednesday. read more >
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Lion Oil Sues for $80 Million Claim After Pipeline Rupture
An oil pipeline rupture in April 2012 in Louisiana has cost Lion Oil Co. of Brentwood, Tenn., more than $80 million at its oil refinery in El Dorado. read more >
Exxon Asks Judge to Dismiss Arkansas Oil Spill Lawsuit
Lawyers for ExxonMobil Pipeline Company have asked a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit about an oil spill in central Arkansas. read more >
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Arkansas Times’ Crowdfunded Partnership A Go in Mayflower
Outtakes previously reported on the crowd funding collaboration between Little Rock’s Arkansas Times and Pulitzer-winning InsideClimate News of Brooklyn, by which the publications were seeking about $25,000 to fund a definitive report on the ExxonMobil spill in Mayflower. The project reached its goal, scoring $26,790, in less than a month. read more >
by Luke Jones -
State, Feds Seek Civil Penalties from ExxonMobil Over Mayflower Oil Spill
State and federal authorities want a judge to find ExxonMobil broke the law when a pipeline failed at Mayflower and spilled an estimated 150,000 gallons of crude oil in a neighborhood and adjacent waterway, authorities announced Thursday. read more >
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Cause of Mayflower Exxon-Mobil Oil Spill Still a Mystery
It’s been almost two months and Exxon-Mobil still hasn’t released a reason why a portion of its 850-mile Pegasus pipeline in March ruptured and spilled more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil into a Mayflower neighborhood and its surrounding area. read more >
by Luke Jones -
Development of Shale Play Slows, but Other Pipeline Work Continues
Even as the mad rush to develop the Fayetteville Shale slows, the pipeline construction business in Arkansas remains viable. read more >
by Luke Jones -
Central Arkansas Water Seeks Plan to Move ExxonMobil Pipeline
Officials with an Arkansas water supplier approved a measure Thursday asking ExxonMobil for a plan to move an oil pipeline away from an area that drains into the main source of drinking water for Little Rock and several other communities. read more >
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Dustin McDaniel: ExxonMobil Oil Pipeline Gash 22 Feet Long
An ExxonMobil pipeline that ruptured last month and spilled thousands of barrels of oil in central Arkansas has a gash in it that is 22 feet long and 2 inches wide, state Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Wednesday. read more >
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Feds Send Corrective Order to Exxon After Mayflower Oil Leak
Federal pipeline safety officials on Tuesday issued a corrective action order to ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. after one of its pipelines ruptured last week in central Arkansas. read more >
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