Exxon must pay $1 million for 2011 spill into Montana's Yellowstone river

US officials have rejected Exxon Mobil’s request to reconsider a one million dollar penalty imposed against the oil company over a 63,000-gallon crude spill into Montana’s Yellowstone river.

LINK (via: The Guardian)

Exxon Mobil's 2015 first quarter profits were 4.9 billion which works out to just shy of 41 million dollars a day or roughly 1.7 million dollars an hour.

Exxon Mobil appeals $1 million penalty for Yellowstone River spill

Exxon Mobil Corp. has asked federal regulators to reconsider a $1 million penalty imposed against the oil giant over a 63,000-gallon crude spill into Montana’s Yellowstone River in 2011.

LINK (via: Fuel Fix)

Exxon Mobil's net income for the 4th quarter of 2014 was 6.7 billion which pencils out to over 50 million a day.

Care to guess how many of the now 1,509 barrels were recovered?

Exxon Mobil says 1,509 barrels of oil spilled into the Yellowstone River during a pipeline break in Montana last summer – an increase of more than 500 barrels over the company's earlier estimates.

Ten of the 1,509 barrels were recovered.

LINK (Via: The Huffington Post)

Here Comes the Judge

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Exxon Mobile for damages resulting from the spill of 1,200 barrels of oil from its Silvertip pipeline into the Yellowstone River near Billings, Montana.

Billings attorney Cliff Edwards filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday in Yellowstone County District Court on behalf of eight landowners. The suit asks for a jury trial and unspecified punitive damages from Exxon for long-term harm to their land and businesses.

“The only thing corporations understand is money, and I intend to cost them enough money for what they did to make them think twice before they do this again.” Edwards said. “This is outrageous.”

LINK (Via: The Billings Gazette)