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Arkansas Oil Spill Raises New Keystone Questions

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April 02, 2013 · 12:30 PM CDT

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Spilled crude oil is seen in a drainage ditch near evacuated homes near Starlite Road in Mayflower, Arkansas March 31, 2013. An Exxon Mobil pipeline carrying Canadian crude oil was shut off after a rupture on Friday causing an evacuation of 22 homes. REUTERS/Jacob Slaton

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A spill at an Arkansas pipeline carrying heavy Canadian oil could change the outlook for approval of the controversial Keystone pipeline.

Emergency crews work to clean up an oil spill near Interstate 40 in Mayflower, Arkansas March 31, 2013.

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The spill from an ExonnMobil pipeline carrying Alberta heavy oil took place in Mayflower, Arkansas, just outside Little Rock. (Source: Reuters)

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