"Crews are on the scene and are developing plans to bring the well under control, " said Brett Clanton, a BP spokesman, "and safety will remain our top priority as we move through this process". An oil leak has been stopped, but a natural gas leak continued Monday.
The leak is at the BPXA Drill Site 2 (DS2) pad, Well 3, and oil and natural gas well, in the Greater Prudhoe Bay area, about five miles from the Deadhorse Airport, according to a Sunday update from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
It is still unclear, how much oil has spilled.
The task force comprising BP, officials from the local government of the North Slope, the EPA, and the ADEP has been dealing with the spill since Friday.
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On Saturday night, responders from BP, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Alaska DEC were able to connect hoses to valves and bleed pressure from the space surrounding the well's underground steel pipe. Fox News is reporting there are actually two leaks - one near the top and one further down the well assembly, says BP. Both BP and ADEC, which used an airborne infrared camera to examine the scene, say that the vast majority of the spray landed on the drilling pad.
Various state and federal agencies are gathering at BP's North Slope command post to respond to the situation. North Slope production was up to 565,000 barrels a day in March, its highest level since December 2013. The oil spray ended Saturday, but the well remained out of control and vented gas through the weekend.
While it's not uncommon for natural gas to escape from North Slope wells, an emergency of Friday's magnitude is rare, said Lois Epstein, Arctic Program Director for The Wilderness Society, an environmental group in Anchorage. But the continuing natural gas leak continues to be a problem. Fortunately, there were no reports on the matter of injuries or any kind of unintended harm towards the wildlife of Alaska. Back in 2009, a pipeline spilled some 1,100 barrels of crude in a BP-operated field.
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