BLM continues work on cleaning debris from North Slope oil drilling

The Bureau of Land Management continues to work on cleaning up the debris from decades-old experimental oil drills on Alaska’s North Slope.
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BLM had set an ambitious agenda for work this past winter, but only completed clean up for 10 wells. They planned on 14. BLM’s Legacy Wells Project Coordinator Nicole Hayes said Friday that the highest priority wells are located at Umiat, Barrow and Cape Simpson.
“The reason why these were identified as the highest priority w