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NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808.sPubDate = "8/8/2006 11:20:52 PM GMT";
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NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808.appHeader = "fact file|One problem after another";
NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808.appDeck = "BP, which is shutting down much of the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska, has been beset by a string of difficulties in its U.S. operations. Click the date at left for previous incidents.";
NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808.appFooter = "Sources: MSNBC research/Alex Johnson; Associated Press; Houston Chronicle; Reuters";
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NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>BP says it will shut 12 oil wells on Alaska's North Slope after whistleblowers allege that more than 50 of them are leaking.";

NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i++] = new Array("","June 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>BP confirms it has received a subpoena from a federal grand jury investigating the March 2006 leak.<br>";

NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i++] = new Array("","March 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Corrosion in a BP transit pipeline is blamed for the leak of more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil, the largest spill ever at Prudhoe Bay. <br>";

NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i++] = new Array("","December 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>The Alaska Gasline Port Authority files an antitrust lawsuit alleging BP and Exxon Mobil kept prices at record highs by artificially restricting the supply of natural gas.";

NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i++] = new Array("","July 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Fifteen workers are killed and more than 170 others are injured in an explosion at BP's refinery at Texas City, Texas. BP is fined $21.4 million for more than 300 \"willful\" or \"serious\" violations.";

NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i++] = new Array("","2004","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>U.S. regulators accuse BP of manipulating prices to corner the wintertime U.S. propane market. BP denies the allegation but calls in external auditors.";

NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i++] = new Array("","August 2002","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>A well explosion at BP's Prudhoe Bay operations critically injures a field worker. The Alaska Oil and Gas Commission fines BP $1.3 million.";

NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i++] = new Array("","1999","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
NN_Prudhoe_FF_060808[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>BP is fined $500,000 and placed on five years' probation after pleading guilty to federal charges over illegal waste releases at its Endicott oil field.";

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