State fines Hilcorp an additional $160K for violations

In September 2015, three men nearly died at Hilcorp’s Milne Point Unit on the North Slope, after the trailer they were working in filled with nitrogen. Image courtesy of AOGCC.The state is fining oil and gas company Hilcorp an additional $160,000 for using nitrogen without permission while working on two wells in 2015 — the same practice that nearly killed three North Slope workers.
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Earlier this month, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) fined Hilcorp $2