A pipe rupture at the Prudhoe Bay oil field has sprayed oil onto 17,000 square feet of well gravel pad and additional nearby tundra, the state says. The cause of the break was not immediately known.
BP may face third criminal violation after recent Slope spill
As cleanup continues on one of the biggest oil spills ever on Alaska's North Slope, criminal and civil investigations are under way into the circumstances of the pipeline's rupture.
Spill is one of worst on the North Slope
Officials have found a 24-inch jagged rupture in a pipeline that began pouring oil and water Nov. 29, creating one of the biggest North Slope crude oil spills ever.
New North Slope spill BP's second in four days
In the midst of cleaning up a major North Slope oil spill with an unusual twist, BP has reported another spill involving a different pipeline.
Cause and scope of oil spill at Prudhoe Bay remain a mystery
Officials say they still don't know the basics about a BP oil spill discovered Sunday on the North Slope: What caused a rupture in a pipe that had been shut down weeks earlier because of ice plugs? How much oil leaked onto the tundra?
Crews cleaning Prudhoe Bay oil spill estimated at 3/4 acre
Cleanup efforts continued Tuesday on a three-quarter-acre area of tundra affected by a spill of oil and water near BP's Lisburne Processing Center on the North Slope.
Suit seeks hundreds of millions from BP
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.
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.
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.
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 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
State declined to tighten oversight
Don't deduct Prudhoe fix, BP is urged
NPR-A Lease sale opposition increases
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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