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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — BP’s subsidiary in Alaska will pay a $25 million civil penalty under a settlement announced Tuesday that comes five years after more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from company pipelines on the North Slope.
The penalty is the most ever levied per barrel by national regulators, and U.S. Attorney for Alaska Karen Loeffler said it underlines the seriousness of BP’s conduct.
The settlement also calls for BP Exploration Alaska Inc. to install a systemwide pipeline-integrity-management program.
