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January 10, 2007

Spill shuts down Alaska oil pipeline

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The trans-Alaska oil pipeline was taken off-line Tuesday after a spill of up to 500 gallons, the pipeline's operator said.

The crude oil spilled from an aboveground section of the pipeline at a remote gate in the Brooks Range in northern Alaska. The cause of the spill was a failed weld on a threaded O-ring fitting on a bypass line, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said.


 
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