Power, but not all production, restored to Prudhoe Bay
Published Monday, May 12, 2008
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Stumble It!JUNEAU -- Power has been restored to processing centers at Prudhoe Bay, but the nation's most prolific oil field still won't be at full production for several days.
A spokesman for field operator BP PLC says the company is using the time to fix some additional equipment.
For now, BP is sending about 285,000 barrels of crude oil - or about three-fourths of the capacity - down the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline.
The entire field temporarily shut down on Friday when a vehicle clearing snow drifts damaged the power supply to processing centers.
A frontloader struck a compressed air line at the central power station. That line controls the power station's fuel system. As a result, seven plants shut down.
There were no injuries, and power supplies to workers' camps and other facilities in the remote Arctic region were not interrupted.
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