BP to keep half of Prudhoe Bay oil flowing

BP said it will keep the western half of its Prudhoe Bay oil field online, enabling the company to get the field up to half its prior output despite pipeline corrosion.

BP plans to raise production from 150,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) to an expected 200,000, half the field’s previous capacity, by the end of August, the company said in a statement.

US lawmakers had castigated the London-based company for letting pipeline corrosion get out of hand.