bp oil spill pipe diameter

Himfr.com reports on oil spills in Alaska's giant probably caused by ice

Officials in Alaska – believe that the ice and probably a pipe connected caused a rupture that sent 46.000 gallons of crude oil and the water flowed in

tundra covered with snow in the North Slope of Alaska, last month too late.

Stroke is one of the worst in terms of volume of the March 2006 spill of 200,000 liters of oil at Prudhoe Bay, the largest spill over into the North

Not yet, according to figures from the Department of the Environment Nature.

BP spokesman Steve Rinehart said Wednesday that the accumulation of ice is likely to blame for the release of November 29, this resulting in increased pressure

caused the pipe 18 inches in diameter at the break.

spray oil and water a break of more than 2 feet on the bottom of the pipe. Up to three quarters of an acre of tundra affected. More

oil ice and water in a big pile under the pipe.

"There are a lot of material on the ground," said Tom Deruyter, the coordinator of the spill site The Department of Conservation in Alaska.

The pipeline normally carries 75 percent water and 25 percent oil and gas to a treatment center in Lisburne. No

know what the percentages were when the line of rupture, Rinehart said.

Respondents were using a variety of methods to clean the spill. The methods include the application of steam to loosen the frozen material and the vacuum.

The equipment may also have been hired to collect oil and ice water and travel to a location which is melted, separated and measured.

The U.S. special envoy, Stephen Bosworth concluded visit of three days in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday morning, saying that his talks with DPRK officials were "very useful. "