[NTIACNews]Pipeline Corrosion Shuts Down Prudhoe Bay Field

[Chris Coughlin]

Hello All,

The Associated Press 
(http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20060807&ID=5891336 
) and others are reporting this morning that British Petroleum is 
shutting down the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska after finding a leak 
of a few barrels and obtaining the results of an inspection performed in 
late July.  Details are sketchy right now but some reports indicate that 
wall losses of 70-81% were found in the inspection (e.g. 
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14219844/ ).

Regards,
Chris

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