OTHER NEWS - May 25, 1994
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
North Slope Oil Production at 85% of Normal After Spill: Operations at Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay field have been scaled back since Saturday as British Petroleum transferred the remaining oil from the East Lion, a tanker chartered by BP America Inc. that leaked 200 gallons of oil at the Port of Valdez. The port, the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline, was closed Saturday, then partially reopened Monday. Production was slowed to keep the pipeline from carrying more oil than could be stored at Valdez.
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