267,000 gallons of crude leaked from a pipe in Alaska - and went undetected for days.
The largest oil spill to occur on the tundra of Alaska's North Slope has deposited up to 267,000 gallons of thick crude oil over two acres in the
sprawling Prudhoe Bay production facilities, forcing cleanup crews to work in temperatures far below zero to vacuum and dig up the thick mixture of
snow and oil.
267,000 gallons of crude leaked from a pipe on an oilfield.
The spill went undetected for as long as five days before an oilfield worker detected the acrid scent of hydrocarbons while driving through the area
on March 2, Maureen Johnson, the senior vice president and manager of the Prudhoe Bay unit for BP, said at a news conference in Anchorage on
Tuesday.
Large Oil Spill in
Alaska Went Undetected for Days
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