BP shuts Alaska oilfield
The outage will cut global daily oil output by about half a percent, putting more strain on an already tight market. Beutel said he believed the news in Alaska was outweighing even new threats out of Iran to shut production there if that country is hit with United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program.
"This is almost all Alaska," he said about Monday's price hikes. "It doesn't look like something that will have a quick fix or can be ignored by the markets. I think it's going to be measured in weeks, not days, and it could drag on for months."
BP shuts largest U.S. oil field due to damaged pipeline - Aug. 7, 2006
Posted by Coffeerooms August 07, 2006 
