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Corrosion, Spill Prompt Shutdown of Alaska Oil Field in a Sudden Blow to Nation's Supply
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- In a sudden blow to the nation's oil supply, half the production on Alaska's North Slope was being shut down Sunday after BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. discovered severe corrosion in a Prudhoe Bay oil transit line.
BP officials said they didn't know how long the Prudhoe Bay field would be off line. "I don't even know how long it's going to take to shut it down," said Tom Williams, BP's senior tax and royalty counsel.
Once the field is shut down, in a process expected to take days, BP said oil production will be reduced by 400,000 barrels a day. That's close to 8 percent of U.S. oil production as of May 2006 or about 2.6 percent of U.S. supply including imports, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The shutdown comes at an already worrisome time for the oil industry, with supply concerns stemming both from the hurricane season and instability in the Middle East.
نصف إنتاج ألاسكا من النفط متوقف وقد يستمر لأيام ويتوقع الخبراء مع أحداث الشرق الأوسط والأعصار القادم لخليج المكسيك أن يرتفع سعر النفط 10 دولار
Corrosion, Spill Prompt Shutdown of Alaska Oil Field in a Sudden Blow to Nation's Supply
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- In a sudden blow to the nation's oil supply, half the production on Alaska's North Slope was being shut down Sunday after BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. discovered severe corrosion in a Prudhoe Bay oil transit line.
BP officials said they didn't know how long the Prudhoe Bay field would be off line. "I don't even know how long it's going to take to shut it down," said Tom Williams, BP's senior tax and royalty counsel.
Once the field is shut down, in a process expected to take days, BP said oil production will be reduced by 400,000 barrels a day. That's close to 8 percent of U.S. oil production as of May 2006 or about 2.6 percent of U.S. supply including imports, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The shutdown comes at an already worrisome time for the oil industry, with supply concerns stemming both from the hurricane season and instability in the Middle East.
نصف إنتاج ألاسكا من النفط متوقف وقد يستمر لأيام ويتوقع الخبراء مع أحداث الشرق الأوسط والأعصار القادم لخليج المكسيك أن يرتفع سعر النفط 10 دولار
