An unknown quantity of crude oil spilled Thursday from a pipeline on Alaska's North Slope, and fumes stalled inspection and cleanup efforts for hours.
Crews began using a vacuum truck to recover some of the oil, which had pooled on the frozen ground, said Daren Beaudo, spokesman for BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. The cause of the spill, at Prudhoe Bay operations, was unknown.
BP operators discovered the spill early Thursday, he said. The line was quickly blocked.
Air monitors detected high levels of volatile fumes Thursday morning, which could have led to an explosion or breathing risks, Beaudo said.
The 34-inch-diameter pipeline carries crude that eventually flows to the trans-Alaska pipeline.
You know when they were first building the pipeline the oil companies swore that this sort of accident was "impossible". Can you believe it? I mean the idea that oil companies would lie to anybody just to make billions of dollars just seems shocking! Shocking I tell you!
THEY LIED? NOooooooo.
ReplyDeleteOMG.....NO!!!!! say it ain't so....
Did anyone tell Uncle Teddy ?
and what is this about Fumes ? you mean fumes that might make people sick ? Oh, they would never do such a thing ....
( geessushfuckingidiotsfromscumsuckinghell do they really think we are all that stupid....and we are susposed to let them drill more holes up there ?????)