BP working to contain well on Alaska's North Slope
BP is working to contain an out-of-control production well at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on the North Slope. The well is currently venting natural gas and has released at least some crude oil into the environment.
State regulators say they don’t yet know how serious the incident is, or what amount of oil or gas has been released.
In an emailed statement, BP said nobody was near the well at the time of the release, and there have been no injuries.
Regulators were still waiting for details Friday afternoon.
“It’s been spewing gas and some amount of crude, and some of it’s getting onto the surrounding tundra,” Dan Seamount said. He’s a commissioner with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. “We don’t have any volumes yet.”
Seamount said it’s been years since an incident like this took place on the North Slope. The drill site, DS2, is about five miles from the industry hub of Deadhorse.
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http://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/04/14/bp-working-to-contain-well-on-north-slope/
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