Alaskan woes knock BP output
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Oil giant BP sees production levels fall in the third quarter of 2006 after problems at its Prudhoe Bay site in Alaska.
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Alaska Governor Frank  Murkowski on Wednesday suggested that BP Plc misled the state  with satisfactory maintenance reports and launched an  investigation into the oil giant's handling of its pipeline  corrosion.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Groups in Alaska have sued the U.S. Interior Department to block an offshore oil and gas lease sale that residents say threatens Arctic marine wildlife and the traditional Inupiat Eskimo way of life.
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DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico remains off line and tankers continued to sit idle offshore Friday, raising questions about how much further the nation&#39;s crude inventories will be depleted following Hurricane Ivan.
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Oil extended a week of losses to strike a  new five-month low under $67 on Friday after U.S. distillate  supplies rose sharply and BP said it might be able to restore  its Alaskan oilfield sooner than expected.
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Rough waves battered the remains of a grounded freighter Friday, causing more heavy oil to spill into the Bering Sea off the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian chain.
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Oil prices rose to near $63 a barrel on Friday, after BP Plc shut in output at an oil field in Alaska and OPEC members Nigeria and Venezuela pledged to cut production.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - About 150 people have been  sent to an Aleutian island to try to clean up fuel oil  streaming from a wrecked cargo ship, but harsh weather has kept  most from the spill site, federal and stated officials said on  Saturday.
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An accelerating thaw of the Arctic may open vast regions for oil and gas exploration but that brings worries of spills in the fragile environment, experts said on Thursday.
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By Jim Johnson, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 25--When the Petersens' well ran dry in June, the family dealt with the lack of water the best they could.   The Prunedale residents spent hundreds of dollars for thousands of gallons of water to be trucked to their home.
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PORTLAND, Maine  - BP Plc  slowed production at its oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, after a mechanical glitch, the company said in a filing with state environmental regulators on Saturday.
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An oil spill near a fragile wildlife reserve off Alaska, unleashed when a freighter snapped in two last week, appears to be less serious than initially feared, officials said Monday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - U.S. and Alaskan authorities   on Thursday demanded $92.2 million from Exxon Mobil XOM.N for   environmental damages linked to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident.
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BP says it expects to restart on Monday Alaskan oil production that has been halted due to a spill.
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British energy giant BP was warned by outside engineers in 2001 over its pipelines in Alaska but intervened with state officials to dilute the findings, according to an activist.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - BP unit BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc has agreed to pay $379 million to settle a dispute over outstanding corporate income taxes charged between the years 2000 and 2002, Gov. Sarah Palin said on Monday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - U.S. and Alaskan authorities   on Thursday demanded $92.2 million from Exxon Mobil for   environmental damages linked to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident.