Work continues on legacy well issue in Alaska

Published June 21, 2012 9:22pm ET



JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has agreed to plug at least one additional abandoned well in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska provided it receives the money to do so.

However, the issue of how or whether to address other so-called legacy well sites in the region remains under discussion between the agency and Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, or AOGCC.

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