Posted by Daniela Perdomo at 5:29 pm
May 25, 2010
UPDATED: New Oil Spill in Alaska, Pipeline is 51% Owned by BPAnother day, another oil spill. And before you ask: Yes, BP is involved.
We’re only catching snippets of this breaking news, but the AP reports:
Alaska environmental officials say crude oil at a pump station of the trans-Alaska pipeline flowed into a tank and than a containment area when a valve failed to close.The quantity of the release into the containment area, a pad surrounded by berms and underlain with an impervious liner, was not immediately known,
The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon during a scheduled pipeline shutdown at Pump Station 9 near Fort Greely, about 100 miles south of Fairbanks.
Meanwhile, KTVA 11, Anchorage’s CBS affiliate says that the pipeline is 51% owned by BP. Workers have been evacuated due to the threat of explosion.
Updated (@ 5:32 pm PT): KTVA reports that “several thousands of barrels worth of oil have spilled at an Alyeska Pipeline pump station.” It appears the crude oil is flowing into a containment area with a capacity of 104,500 barrels. .........(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/05/25/breaking-oil-spill-in-alaska-pipeline-is-51-owned-by-bp/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=alternet_blogs_peek
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