BP in Alaska had 50 leaking wells (whistleblowers outed them)

[donsu]

http://www.examiner.com/a-182176~BP_to_Shut_Down_12_North_Slope_Wells.html


BP to Shut Down 12 North Slope Wells


Britain's BP PLC is closing 12 oil wells on Alaska's North Slope as a precaution after whistleblowers alleged more than 50 were leaking.

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The action came after workers told the Financial Times of London about the leaks, according to the newspaper, which first reported the shutdowns on its Web site.

Most of the shuttered wells were in Prudhoe Bay, Beaudo told The Associated Press.

The shutdowns come a month after BP confirmed it had received a subpoena from a U.S. grand jury investigating a massive oil leak in Alaska last year.
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and this: The company will invite regulators from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and the Alaska Department of Conservation to observe the integrity tests, Beaudo said.


and just how trustworthy are they? are they in Steven's pocket?

[jsamuel]

1. thanks! I guess now I can go back on my post yesterday.

They were forced to do this.

[gratuitous]

2. Congress springs into action!

And nails those fucking whistleblower traitors for damaging the reputation of a fine corporation while we're at war!

I'd like to believe that's satire, but somehow I think our stalwart representatives in Congress will once again outstrip my ability to imagine the worst.

[Nothing Without Hope]

3. The TIMING of the shut-down is incredibly profitable for Big Oil - PALAST:

http://www.gregpalast.com/british-petroleums-smart-pig

BRITISH PETROLEUM’S “SMART PIG”: The Brilliantly Profitable Timing of the Alaska Oil Pipeline Shutdown

by Greg Palast For The Guardian (UK)
posted at Palast's web site Aug 8, official date Aug 9

Is the Alaska Pipeline corroded? You bet it is. Has been for more than a decade. Did British Petroleum shut the pipe yesterday to turn a quick buck on its negligence, to profit off the disaster it created? Just ask the “smart pig.”

Years ago, I had the unhappy job of leading an investigation of British Petroleum’s management of the Alaska pipeline system. I was working for the Chugach villages, the Alaskan Natives who own the shoreline slimed by the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker grounding.

Even then, courageous government inspectors and pipeline workers were screaming about corrosion all through the pipeline. I say “courageous” because BP, which owns 46% of the pipe and is supposed to manage the system, had a habit of hunting down and destroying the careers of those who warn of pipeline problems.

In one case, BP’s CEO of Alaskan operations hired a former CIA expert to break into the home of a whistleblower, Chuck Hamel, who had complained of conditions at the pipe’s tanker facility. BP tapped his phone calls with a US congressman and ran a surveillance and smear campaign against him. When caught, a US federal judge said BP’s acts were “reminiscent of Nazi Germany.”

(much more at link)

OF COURSE the timing of the closing was deliberate, one more manipulation of world oil prices that we all pay.

[ronnykmarshall]

4. With all those profits, you'd think they would have fixed this?

NAAAWWWWWWW!

[roguevalley]

5. they all belong to stevens and murkowski. they bitch slap whistle

blowers back to the 10th century up here. they are good folx, those what do this.