Big Crimp In Alaska Oil Supply
(AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska Oil company BP has indefinitely shut down the nation's biggest oilfield after finding a pipeline leak, removing about 8 percent of U.S. oil production and stoking fears that already high gas prices will shoot up further.
Source: kutv.com
Butcher: Trail blazer -- Alaska was home to Cambridge native
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Far from her Alaska home and the dogs she loved so much, four-time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher died Saturday in a Seattle hospital, after a year-and-a-half battle with leukemia....
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BP shuts biggest US oil field due to spill
Oil producer BP Plc on Sunday began shutting down the biggest oil field in the United States, Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, after discovering a small pipeline leak, cutting output by 400,000 barrels per day and sending oil prices soaring by more than $1 a barrel.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Oil Surges Above $76 as BP Shuts Alaska Field, Largest in U.S.
Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil surged above $76 a barrel, recording its biggest gain in two weeks, after BP Plc said it will shut Alaska's Prudhoe Bay field, where 8 percent of U.S. oil is produced.
Source: www.bloomberg.com
Nation's Biggest Oilfield Shut Down
Oil company BP shut down the nation's biggest oil field, Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, after finding a pipeline leak. The closure removed about 8 percent of U.S. oil production and triggered fears that gas prices could shoot up further.
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