Conoco, Exxon cleaning up diesel spill

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Dec 16, 2009 at 6:54 AM MST

Story Updated: Dec 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM MST

BILLINGS - State environmental officials say crews with ConocoPhillips and Exxon are cleaning up a diesel spill near the Exxon refinery near Lockwood.

Chad Anderson is an environmental enforcement specialist with the Department of Environmental Quality. He says under 2,000 barrels of diesel leaked out of a pipeline Sunday morning.

ConocoPhillips Corp. spokesman Bill Stephens says the leak occurred in a service line from the Exxon refinery that feeds into the Seminole Pipeline, but there was no effect on the major pipeline. The service line and the pipeline are owned by ConocoPhillips.

Anderson says crews used vacuum trucks to clean up the spilled diesel and then planned to remove the contaminated soil and repair the pipe. Stephens said Tuesday that an investigation into the cause of the leak will begin after the cleanup work is complete.

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