Eighty percent of reserve pits closed out

All of Alaska’s 600 oil, gas drill sites have been inspected

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News Editor-in-Chief

There are some 600 oil and gas drill sites in Alaska, the state knows where they are, and is requiring reports on, and proper closure of, all reserve pits at those sites. Eighty percent of those reserve pits, where ground-up rock and drilling mud were deposited as wells were drilled, have been close....

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