BP halts production from 150 slope wellsWells will be shut down, restarted after testing, in a process expected to take about a week, following Aug. 16 explosion which injured worker Kristen Nelson PNA Editor-in-Chief
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. began shutting in production from some 150 oil wells on the North Slope Aug. 23 for diagnosis after an Aug. 16 explosion injured a worker.
BP said Aug. 24 that it is halting production from the wells as a precautionary measure while it confirms the integrity of subsurfa....
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