- Work crews for BP are clearing contaminated snow on Alaska's North Slope after a Prudhoe Bay well line ruptured, spraying a 34-acre area with crude oil and natural gas.
- It is unclear whether the leak, detected earlier this week, is connected to a decline in North Slope oil production; since the spill was discovered Monday, production has dropped ~12K bbl/day to 521K from 533K and 551K on Saturday before the discovery.
- The amount of liquid that has escaped from the line is under investigation by BP and Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation.