BP-owned Alaska oil pipeline shut after spill!

[Bravo Zulu]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, partly owned by BP, shut down on Tuesday after spilling several thousand barrels of crude oil into backup containers, drastically cutting supply down the main artery between refineries and Alaska's oilfields.

The accident comes at a difficult time for BP -- the largest single owner of the pipeline operator, holding 47 percent -- as it struggles to plug a gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well.

The shutdown followed a series of mishaps that resulted from a scheduled fire-command system test at Pump Station 9, about 100 miles south of Fairbanks, said Alyeska Pipeline Service Co, the operator of the 800-mile oil line.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100526/us_nm/us_alaska_spill

[BrklynLiberal]

1. uh-oh........ Talk about UNDERSTATEMENTS!!!!!!!!! LOL

"The accident comes at a difficult time for BP"

[laughingliberal]

2. Indeed. nt

[gratuitous]

3. Oh, this is "a difficult time for BP"

My goodness, can't we all just give them some space and time? We're all just a bunch of vultures, we are. Won't someone think of poor, beleaguered BP? They've got a lot on their plate right now, so can we just cut out the nonsense about those sensationalistic fish and birds and stuff in the Gulf of Mexico? Let's think about BP for just a moment, can we?

[gateley]

4. Good to see a report that's not calling a "spill" or a "leak". Gushing well! nt