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One month after Mayflower

Posted: May 6, 2013 by Karen Tyrone

Karen Tyrone, vice president of ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, is coordinating ExxonMobil’s efforts in Mayflower, Arkansas, to clean up the spill site. (Overall cleanup operations are being led by a Unified Command, which includes federal, state and local officials, as well as ExxonMobil.) I’ve asked Karen to give an update on the Mayflower cleanup. – Ken…

We are continuing to make progress in the cleanup in Mayflower, Arkansas. As we have shared with the community, we are committed to the cleanup and will be there until it is completed. I thought you might like to see a couple of videos we produced for the community that reinforce that commitment and highlight…


“14 Questions” answered

Posted: April 10, 2013 by Ken Cohen

Following the regrettable pipeline spill in Mayflower on March 29, ExxonMobil has been working with federal, state and local authorities to provide frequent updates on the status of the cleanup and response operations. The Unified Command Joint Information Center, which includes the EPA, Arkansas Department of Health, Faulkner County and ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, has provided…

Yesterday a jury in a New Hampshire state court handed down a $236 million judgment against ExxonMobil over the use of MTBE in gasoline, the latest chapter in a story that has dragged on for 10 years. MTBE, or methyl tertiary butyl ether, is an oxygenate that was blended in gasoline to reduce lead exposure…


I wrote yesterday about the regrettable spill by ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. in Mayflower, Arkansas. We have apologized to the people of Mayflower and all of Arkansas and will be there until the cleanup is complete. What I thought I’d talk about today are the top five inaccuracies being spread by anti-fossil fuel activists seeking to…

Let me start by saying what we’ve told members of the Mayflower community – and the entire state of Arkansas – how sorry we are and how much we regret that this incident took place. And contrary to some reports surfacing today, ExxonMobil is paying for the cleanup and will honor all valid claims by affected residents and businesses.



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