ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – ConocoPhillips Alaska has reported a pure gasoline leak at a drill web site at one in every of its oilfields on the North Slope. No accidents have been reported and the ability is continuous operations.

The leak was first noticed early Friday morning on the Alpine Area, mentioned ConocoPhillips Alaska spokesperson Rebecca Boys in an e mail. The gasoline leak is at one of many drill websites, and is subsurface and beneath the gravel, she mentioned.

“The reason for the leak is being investigated,” Boys wrote. “The Alpine Emergency Response Crew is onsite and is working to cease the leak and decrease potential impression to the surroundings.”

The Colville River Unit, extra generally generally known as the Alpine Area, is an onshore oil subject on the western North Slope operated by ConocoPhillips Alaska. It’s about 34 miles west of the Kuparuk River Area and simply eight miles north of the village of Nuiqsut.

Boys mentioned the Alaska Oil and Gasoline Conservation Fee has been notified. She mentioned there are not any security considerations “exterior of the rapid space,” and no gasoline has been detected exterior the world of the drilling web site.

In line with ConocoPhillips’ web site, Alpine doesn’t have a everlasting highway connecting it to different infrastructure on the North Slope. An ice highway is constructed within the winter that connects Kuparuk to Alpine.

The Alpine Central Services is continuous its operations, and gasoline is continuous to stream to Nuiqsut, Boys mentioned.

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