NEW YORK - Oil major BP Plc began returning crude oil production Alaska's Prudhoe Bay over the weekend after a power outage early Friday knocked out all six of its processing plants as well as the Northstar field, an Alaska official said Monday.
BP shut early Friday all six of its Prudhoe Bay processing units and production from Northstar, which combined produce as much as 400,000 barrels of oil per day, the oil company said last week. A company spokesman said a truck clearing snow from a blizzard had hit a power line, which led to the outage.
On Monday, the state said all of the units were back on line, but could not say exactly at what rates the oil was flowing.
"All units were back up by Saturday and production is ramping up slowly," said Allison Iverson, the coordinator for Alaska's Petroleum Systems Integrity Office.
BP did not immediately return a phone call about output rates.
BP shut early Friday all six of its Prudhoe Bay processing units and production from Northstar, which combined produce as much as 400,000 barrels of oil per day, the oil company said last week. A company spokesman said a truck clearing snow from a blizzard had hit a power line, which led to the outage.
On Monday, the state said all of the units were back on line, but could not say exactly at what rates the oil was flowing.
"All units were back up by Saturday and production is ramping up slowly," said Allison Iverson, the coordinator for Alaska's Petroleum Systems Integrity Office.
BP did not immediately return a phone call about output rates.
