The state is aiming to collect "several hundred million dollars" from BP as compensation for pipeline leaks in 2006 that hobbled North Slope oil production and cut into state revenue, a state lawyer said.
State, feds seek hefty fines for BP Alaska's 2006 spill
The state and federal governments each are suing BP Alaska seeking potentially huge fines and other collections against the company in connection with disastrous oil spills in the Prudhoe Bay oil field in 2006.
BP reports a small leak at Prudhoe Bay
BP said Wednesday it reported a small oil leak that occurred while attempting to bring a well back online earlier this week at the nation's largest oil field. A company spokesman said the leak did not affect overall production and is unrelated to the power outage that temporarily shut down Prudhoe Bay Friday.
BP fined, rebuked for oil spill
A federal judge Thursday put BP on probation for three years and ordered it to pay $20 million in criminal penalties for last year's 201,000-gallon Prudhoe Bay oil spill.
Crude spill shuts down Slope plant
Crude oil leaking from a major North Slope pipeline might have oozed over 3 to 5 acres of frozen, snow-clad tundra, prompting a major cleanup effort Thursday, an oil company spokesman said.
Source of Prudhoe Bay oil spill found
A bubbling sound early Sunday helped workers pinpoint a leak in a pipeline that allowed a sizeable amount of crude oil to spill onto the frozen tundra at Prudhoe Bay.
BP asked if scrimping led to pipe corrosion
Congressional leaders say they've obtained e-mails and other documents suggesting a "severe cost-cutting atmosphere" at BP that might have led to pipeline corrosion and leaks last year in the giant Prudhoe Bay oil field.
FBI digs deeper in probe of North Slope
The FBI is investigating whether Alaska political appointees improperly punished state regulators who tried to enforce environmental rules against oil companies operating in Alaska.
BP to seek tax breaks for pipeline repairs
BP plans to seek $11 million in tax breaks in connection with replacing corroded Prudhoe Bay pipelines that last year leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil onto the tundra.
Ombudsman to investigate accusations against BP
BP is looking into allegations by a longtime oil-industry watchdog, including a claim that a company employee substituted water for more expensive chemical agents used to prevent corrosion in its Prudhoe Bay pipelines.
Ring remains at large in Alaska pipeline
An aggressive cleaning device sent through the trans-Alaska oil pipeline failed to find a 20-inch diameter metal ring that went missing in the line in December, a spokesman for the operator said Sunday.
Piece of pig loose in Prudhoe pipeline
WASHINGTON — A device designed to clean waxy buildup from the walls of the 800-mile Alaska pipeline broke apart inside the pipeline in December, raising the possibility that any remaining shards of machinery might damage sensitive valves, an executive of Alyeska, the company that runs the pipeline, confirmed Thursday.
BP will cut pipeline again to study corrosion
BP this week plans to cut a 40-foot section out of a major Prudhoe Bay pipeline and study it for clues about why it sprang leaks last summer, causing an unsettling partial shutdown of the nation's largest oil field.
BP has 2 weeks to provide feds with info about replacing pipes
Federal regulators are demanding more information from BP about its plans for replacing miles of corroded pipelines in the Prudhoe Bay oil field.
Corrosion infested Prudhoe pipeline
The leaky pipeline that led to this summer's market-rattling Prudhoe Bay oil field shutdown was far more severely corroded than initially reported.
Alaska's congressional delegation on Friday grilled BP executives and government regulators about Prudhoe Bay oil leaks and, in particular, this week's revelation that state officials had ordered BP to clean sludge out of key pipelines in 2002.
Murkowski to hand off corrosion investigation
It will be up to Alaska's next governor to decide whether to take legal action against BP for the corrosion that led to pipeline leaks at Prudhoe Bay in March and August.
Critics call pipeline rules inadequate
The government's chief pipeline regulator told a House committee Wednesday that his office will begin oversight of low-pressure lines like the ones that corroded and leaked this year on Alaska's North Slope.
'First step' taken for Prudhoe bypass
BP has received permission from a state agency to use a bypass line to possibly restart some production from the shuttered eastern side of Prudhoe Bay.
Three times between early 2003 and late 2004, BP officials were warned that a "chilling atmosphere" made workers engaged in critical pipeline-corrosion work in the North Slope oil fields afraid to report environmental and safety concerns.
Full production may precede line fix
BP has increased Prudhoe Bay production to 250,000 barrels a day, and officials on Friday said they are increasingly optimistic the oil field can be returned to full production before the company replaces corroded transit lines next year.
State declined to tighten oversight
Don't deduct Prudhoe fix, BP is urged
NPR-A Lease sale opposition increases
Shutdown emphasizes dependence
Regulators were told in 1992 to beef up pipeline scrutiny
BP will try to keep half of Prudhoe Bay open
Shutdown raises questions about other Alaska lines
Oil giant BP already under scrutiny
Murkowski institutes hiring freeze after shutdown
Oil giant BP already under scrutiny
Shutdown raises questions about other Alaska lines
Sludge, lack of testing cited in Alaska pipeline failure
BP: Pipeline shutdown could last weeks or months
BP begins shutdown of Prudhoe Bay oil field
BP: Pipeline shutdown could last weeks or months
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