Exxon Mobil – CorpAbuse

Date	Company	Accusation	City / Area / Country	Source	Tags
02/07/2011	Exxon Mobil	'Yellowstone River' oil spill occurs after pipeline raptures; estimated 1000 barrels of oil leak into river; Oil executives criticised for conflicting accounts of breach and regulators accused of failing to ensure safe operation.	Yellowstone River, MT, United States	The Guardian	Fraud, Negligence, Pollution
01/02/2007	Infineum (Co-owned by Exxon Mobil)	Use and distribution of new chemical in commercial auto products for several years before the chemical had undergone a required review. Civil penalty - $950,000.	Linden, NJ, United States	US Environmental Protection Agency, (2)	Fraud, Negligence
07/03/2006 - 02/03/2006	BP (Beyond Petroleum) (Field co-owned by Exxon Mobil)	'Prudhoe Bay' five-day oil spill caused by knowing neglect of corroding pipelines; around one million oil liters leaked.	Prudhoe Bay, AK, United States	BBC	Negligence, Occupational Hazard, Pollution
16/02/2005	(Exxon Mobil)	Service stations operating in 1990s released large amounts of gasoline containing MTBE - potential carcinogen - nearby water wells, significantly contributing to Charnock Sub-basin drinking water problem. Replacing Santa Monica drinking water $3 million/year & $1.5 million investigation costs & cleanup costs over $200 million.	Santa Monica, CA, United States	US Environmental Protection Agency, (2)	Negligence, Pollution
24/03/1989	Exxon Mobil	'Exxon Valdez' oil spill occurs after oil tanker is struck by reef; considered the most devastating human-caused environmental disaster; leak of 11 million US galons of oil; immense wildlife death toll; local fishing industry irreparably damaged; Exxon widely criticized for its slow clean-up response - $500 million in punitive damages.	Prince William Sound, Valdez-Cordova, AK, United States	Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, US Environmental Protection Agency	Habitat Extinction, Negligence, Pollution