Large Alaskan oil field shut down because of corrosion, small spill

Monday, August 7, 2006

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Half the oil 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.

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