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State officials are assisting the clean up of almost 8,000 gallons of oil that was spilled earlier this week at a production facility in Trading Bay, officials confirmed Thursday. On Tuesday, shortly after noon, workers at the Hilcorp, Alaska-owned facility were transferring slop oil from one storage tank to another when they noticed the receiving tank was not filling properly. A closer inspection revealed that oil was leaking out from under the spill containment liner of one of the tanks. The cause of the leak was a broken underground transfer pipe that links the two tanks. In total, officials estimate 190 barrels or 7,980 gallons of slop oil were spilled in the leak. ....
Underground leak leads to spill on Kenai Peninsula by The Associated Press Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 8:12 pm EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska Crews are cleaning up an oil spill of nearly 8,000 gallons (31,200 litres) at a Hilcorp facility on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The source of the spill at the Hilcorp Trading Bay production facility about 20 miles (32 kilometres) northwest of Kenai has been secured, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said in a situation report. The spill was slop oil, or crude emulsified with water and solids. It’s considered waste and can’t be sold in a pipeline, the report said. It came from a leak in an underground line, and oil was spotted under and around a secondary liner. ....