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Vol. 14, No. 52 Week of December 27, 2009
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Watchdog wants to zap tanker stowaways

Prince William Sound group suggests treatment plant at Valdez to rid ballast water of potentially harmful nonindigenous organisms

Wesley Loy

For Petroleum News

An oil industry watchdog group is pushing for construction of a special treatment plant to kill invasive species in ballast water carried aboard oil tankers calling on Valdez to load Alaska North Slope crude. The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council believes the ships could bring....

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