"Massive" oil spill in Alaska
[[Image:AKMap-doton-PrudhoeBay.PNG|thumb|210px|Location map for Prudhoe Bay]]
{{date|March 13, 2006}}
[[BBC News]] is reporting "up to 267,000 {{w|gallon|gallons}} (one million {{w|litre|litres}})" of crude oil has leaked from a pipeline in the {{w|Prudhoe Bay}} oilfield. Although not as large as the {{w|Exxon Valdez oil spill}} in 1989, this is thought to be the largest spill on record affecting the {{w|Alaska North Slope}}.

The Alaska Wilderness League reports that there is "no confirmation" of the quantity of oil lost; but it points out that it is not only the oil that causes problems. The cleanup efforts will also have environmental impacts.

The [[Associated Press]] first reported this spill on 2 March.

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==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4795866.stm|title=Alaska hit by 'massive' oil spill|author=|pub=BBC News|date=11 March 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OIL_SPILL?SITE=TXWIC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT|title=Spill May Be Alaskan North Slope's Largest |author=|pub=AP|date=10 March 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.alaskawild.org/pressroom_prudhoebay_spill.html|title=Caribou Crossing Oil Spill Could Be Largest in History of North Slope Oil & Gas Operations
|author=|pub=Alaska Wilderness League|date=8 March 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRF_OIL_SPILL?SITE=TXWIC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT|title=Crude Oil Spills From Pipeline in Alaska |author=|pub=AP|date=2 March 2006}}
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[[sv:Oljeutsläpp på en miljon liter i Alaska]]
[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:Environment]]
[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:Oil spills]]
[[Category:BBC]]
[[Category:Associated Press]]
Location map for Prudhoe Bay

BBC News is reporting "up to 267,000 gallons (one million litres)" of crude oil has leaked from a pipeline in the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, this is thought to be the largest spill on record affecting the .

The Alaska Wilderness League reports that there is "no confirmation" of the quantity of oil lost; but it points out that it is not only the oil that causes problems. The cleanup efforts will also have environmental impacts.

The Associated Press first reported this spill on 2 March.


sv:Oljeutsläpp på en miljon liter i Alaska
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