Monday, May 4, 2009

More Oil Removed from Tank Farm Threatened by Volcano

United States — The Unified Command, Drift River Terminal Coordination, decided to remove additional oil from the Drift River Tank Farm that lies down river from Alaska's still very active Mount Redoubt volcano. The process began on April 28 and was completed by yesterday (4/30) morning. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the potential threat posed by the stored oil at the Drift River Oil Terminal has been reduced by about 93%.

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