Weather forces oil pipeline closure
Oil production at Prudhoe Bay in Anchorage, Alaska was cut to 10% of normal output after a power outage, and more weather related problems forced the trans-Alaska oil pipeline to temporarily go offline.
The pipeline was down for about 10 hours yesterday after flooding in Valdez likely knocked out fibre-optic communications at five valves on the pipeline.
Crews were dispatched by helicopter to manually operate the valves, allowing operator Alyeska Pipeline Service Co to restart production.
