Pair of Texas officials go after Exxon

29/08/2009 01:42:25

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August 28, 2009 JOHN McFARLAND (Associated Press Writer) Photo credit: AP | In this undated photo provided by oil well worker Glenn Lynch, workers remove tubing debris from a wash pipe on an oil well that Exxon Mobile Corp. is accused of intentionally sabotaging near Refugio, . Texas officials are going hard after Exxon Mobil Corp., seeking hefty fines and asking the state supreme court to take another look at allegations that Exxon threw piles of junk, sludge and explosives into abandoned oil wells and then tried to cover up the sabotage. (AP Photo/Glenn Lynch) **NO SALES ** DALLAS (AP) — A pair of elected officials in Texas is going after Exxon Mobil, a name synonymous with the...