BP has produced water spill at Lisburne - August 11, 2002

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryAugust 2002

Vol. 7, No. 32

Week of August 11, 2002

BP has produced water spill at Lisburne

Petroleum News Alaska Staff

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation reported Aug. 2 that BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. had a produced water spill estimated at 6,300 gallons at the Lisburne production center Aug. 1 at 4:15 p.m.

The produced water mixture is primarily salt water with 0.1 percent of crude oil.

DEC said BP reports that a faulty valve on a produced water line was the cause of the release. The company is investigating the cause of the spill.

The produced water release was on a gravel pad and covers an area of approximately 10,000 square feet. DEC said that BP has constructed a containment berm around the affected area.

The Lisburne production center is in the eastern operations area of the BP-operated Prudhoe Bay oil field, near Deadhorse.

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