Valero sues insurer for rejecting costs of gasoline pollution complaints

Exxon Mobil must pay $236M in pollution case

Posted on April 9, 2013 at 5:45 pm by Associated Press in Accidents, Environment, Legal issues

A New Hampshire jury has found ExxonMobil liable in a long-running lawsuit over groundwater contamination by the gasoline additive MTBE. The oil giant could pay hundreds of millions of dollars to clean it up. More »

Exxon Mobil calls pollution suit a scapegoat

Posted on April 8, 2013 at 10:46 am by Associated Press in Accidents

Lawyers for Exxon Mobil say the state of New Hampshire is looking for a lot of money and a scapegoat in its lawsuit over the oil giant’s use over the gasoline additive MTBE, the longest state trial in state history. More »

Testimony ends in marathon gasoline additive trial

Posted on March 27, 2013 at 12:39 pm by Associated Press in Environment, Legal issues

Testimony has ended in a marathon trial over whether Exxon Mobil Corp. should pay the state of New Hampshire hundreds of millions of dollars to monitor and treat private wells and public drinking supplies contaminated by the gasoline additive MTBE. More »

ExxonMobil grills key state witness in pollution trial

Posted on January 22, 2013 at 3:59 pm by Bloomberg in Environment, Legal issues

Countering claims that ExxonMobil polluted New Hampshire’s groundwater with a gasoline additive, the oil company’s attorney tried to show in court that a state witness’s research indicates that the chemical’s levels decline naturally. More »

Citgo to settle in gas additive lawsuit

Posted on January 16, 2013 at 6:33 pm by Bloomberg in Legal issues

Citgo Petroleum Corp. and New Hampshire agreed to sever the company from an $816 million trial over groundwater contamination while a settlement is completed. More »

Opening forebodes long, contentious trial over fuel additive

Posted on January 15, 2013 at 5:37 pm by Associated Press in Environment, Legal issues

Lawyers for the state of New Hampshire and petroleum giants ExxonMobil and Citgo mocked their opponents’ evidence and disparaged their witnesses for a second day Tuesday as they prepared jurors for a long, contentious trial over the gasoline additive MTBE. More »

Lawyers trade accusations in fight over gas additive

Posted on January 14, 2013 at 6:10 pm by Associated Press in Environment, Legal issues

The $700 million case against Citgo and ExxonMobil, accusing the companies of contaminating more than 40,000 wells in New Hampshire with the fuel additive MTBE, launched Monday with attorneys exchanging charges of nefarious legal moves. More »