BP working to contain well on North Slope

Prudhoe Bay. (Photo courtesy of BP)BP is working to contain an out-of-control production well at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on the North Slope. The well is currently venting natural gas and has released at least some crude oil into the environment.
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State regulators say they don’t yet know how serious the incident is, or what amount of oil or gas has been released.
In an emailed statement, BP said nobody was near the well at the time of the release, and there have been no inj