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Vol. 16, No. 38 Week of September 18, 2011
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


DOJ explains Exxon Valdez ‘reopener’ lag

Lawyers say government won’t sue to collect $92 million until studies on how to rid Prince William Sound of lingering oil are done

Wesley Loy

For Petroleum News

U.S. Department of Justice lawyers suggest the government might sue ExxonMobil Corp. for tens of millions more dollars for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, but not before studies are completed to determine how to deal with lingering oil on Alaska shores. Details on these studies are contained in cou....

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The reopener clause

Studies remain incomplete

Claim could shrink

‘Ludicrous’ situation


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