Spill Response Updates

• Current Situation
  • 03/28/2008 (Final) (PDF 40K) 
• Incident Action Plans
  • 17 March 2006 1900 to 20 March 2006 1900 (PDF 1.91M)
  • 14 March 1900 to 17 March 1900 (PDF 1.11M)
  • 12 March 1900 to 14 March 1900 (PDF 1.14M)
  • 10 March 1900 to 12 March 1900 (PDF 1.14M)
  • 09 March 1900 to 10 March 1900 (PDF 7.96M)
  • 08 March 1900 to 09 March 1900 (PDF 1.54M)
  • 07 March 1900 to 08 March 1900 (PDF 1.32M)
  • 06 March 1900 to 07 March 1900 (PDF 556K)
  • 05 March 1900 to 06 March 1900 (PDF 752K)
  • 04 March 0700 to 05 March 0700 (PDF 1.31M)
  • 03 March 0700 to 04 March 0700 (PDF 1.66M)
  • 02 March 1900 to 03 March 0700 (PDF 829K)
• Other Plans
  • Tundra Treatment (Revised 03/18/2006, PDF 329K)
  • Clean-up Project Team Transition (03/18/2006 PDF 1.69M)
  • Snow Berm Removal (03/15/2006, PDF 46K)
  • Snow Melt (03/15/2006, PDF 46K)
  • Trimming Protocol Demonstration (03/15/2006, PDF 61K)
  • Wildlife Interaction and Deterrence(03/15/2006, PDF 107K)
  • Source Control (PDF 12K)
  • Volume Estimation Protocol (PDF27K)
  • Waste Management (updated 03/06/2006 PDF 282K)
  • Site Safety
• Spill No. 06399906101

Press Releases and Fact Sheets

• Unified Command Press Releases
  • 03/10/2006 -- UPDATE 6: Unified Command Arrives at Spill Volume Estimate
    • Related Document: Volume Estimation Presentation (PDF 553K)
  • 03/07/2006 -- UPDATE 5: ¼ inch hole found in line, crude source under control
  • 03/06/2006 -- UPDATE 4: UC develops plan to estimate spill volume and excavation begins
  • 03/05/2006 -- UPDATE 3: Source of Crude Oil Leak Located; Clean-up Continues
  • 03/04/2006 -- UPDATE 2: 570 Barrels of Fluid Recovered to Date; 24-Hour Clean-up Continues
  • 03/03/2006 -- UPDATE 1: Response Continues on Prudhoe Bay Spill

Response Plans, Maps and Related Information

• Plans
  • Alaska Federal and State Preparedness Plan for Response to Oil and Hazardous Substance Discharges and Releases
  • North Slope Subarea Contingency Plan for Oil and Hazardous Substance Discharges/Releases
  • Alaska Incident Management System (AIMS) Guide
• Fact Sheets
  • Prudhoe Bay (courtesy of BP, PDF 72K)
  • Separation Facilities (courtesy of BP, PDF 474K)
• Maps and Aerial Photos
  • Oil Depth (map created 3/14/2006, PDF 1.2 MB)
  • Oil Spill Location Grid (revised 3/12/2006, PDF 269K)
  • Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIRR) Overlay map of spill area (March 3, 2006)
  • Aerial view of CC-2, storage location for contaminated snow and ice removed from the spill site.
    • July 2004
    • August 2005
  • Prudhoe Bay Production Facilities (courtesy of BP, PDF 72K)
  • Map showing extent of spill (PDF 594K)
  • Map showing facility location
    • 400 x 298 (PNG 68K) 
    • 800 x 596 (PNG 268K)
  • Additional Maps and related resources

Technical Information

• Information about NS Crude Oil
  • NOAA Fact Sheet (PDF 406K)
• Oil Cleanup on Tundra
  • Tundra Treatment Manual. Literature review and tundra cleanup guidelines.

Weather

• NWS Public Weather Forecast (Central Beaufort Sea Coast including Nuiqsut, Prudhoe Bay, Alpine, Deadhorse, Kuparuk)

Links

• BP (BP Alaska website)
• EPA (Region 10 Response Information)
• Alaska Clean Seas
• Alaska Regional Response Team
• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
• North Slope Borough

Videos

• 03/19/2006 Trimming Operations
• 03/19/2006 Trimming Operations
• 03/20/2006 18-inch trimmer scraping out contamination within a trench (1)
• ​03/20/2006 18-inch trimmer scraping out contamination within a trench (2)
• 03/20/2006 Sweeper removing snow and ice cover at the spill site (1)
• 03/20/2006 Sweeper removing snow and ice cover at the spill site (2)

Photos

March 2, 2006 Photos taken during an overflight to determine the extent of the spill

March 3, 2006 Photos of the GC-2 Oil Transit Line Spill response

March 4, 2006 Photos of the GC-2 Oil Transit Line Spill response

March 5, 2006 Photos of leak source

March 5, 2006 Cleanup operations

March 6, 2006 Various photos of response operations

March 7, 2006 Cleanup operations

March 8, 2006 Response operations

March 9, 2006 Spill delineation; snow removal

March 11, 2006 Repaired pipe; response operations

March 13, 2006 Overflight photos taken 3/13/2006

March 16, 2006 Trimming operations

March 19, 2006 Trimming operations

March 19, 2006 Cleanup operations

March 20, 2006 Cleanup operations

March 26, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 2, 2006 Cleanup operations, Area 4

April 3, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 5, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 6, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 7, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 8, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 9, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 11, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 13, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 14, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 15, 2006 Aerial photos of site

April 18, 2006 Cleanup operations

April 20, 2006 Cleanup operations, placing vegetation mat

April 21, 2006 Cleanup Operations, placing vegetation mat

April 22, 2006 Rehabilitation operations

April 23, 2006 Rehabilitation operations

April 24, 2006 Rehabilitation operations

July 6, 2006 Tundra regrowth