Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s office says an oil company will have to put up a $10 million bond before transporting oversized refinery equipment through the state along U.S. Highway 12.
The governor is seeking the bond from Exxon Mobil. Otter has already gotten ConocoPhillips to agree to the bond for separate shipments of large equipment on the narrow highway to a refinery in Billings.
Imperial Oil, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp., wants to transport large machinery over highways from Lewiston through Montana and to the Kearl Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada. (AP)
