BILLINGS, Mont., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The cost of cleaning up from a July oil spill in Montana is expected to run almost three times its initial estimate, or $135 million, Exxon Mobil said.
Exxon said it expected to pay $135 million in cleanup operations for the July rupture of the Silvertip oil pipeline near Billings, Mont. The original bill was estimated at $42.6 million, and the increase is largely from the emergency response, landowner claims and restart costs, The Wall Street Journal reports.