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May 4, 2011

BP to Pay $25M to Settle Alaska Spill Charges 
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The oil giant BP has agreed to pay $25 million to settle civil charges
stemming from spills and corrosion at its massive pipeline system in
Alaska. More than 5,000 barrels of oil were dumped at the North Slope in
March 2006 when a BP pipeline exploded. BP was found to have ignored a
government order requiring it to conduct expensive repairs on its
network of 1,600 miles of pipelines.



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