Alaska Clean Seas (ACS) is the spill response cooperative for the oil companies that operate on the North Slope of Alaska. BP's exploration and production business is a member, providing financial and technical support for ACS. The cooperative is the main response organization BP relies on for any oil spills at our North Slope operations.
During such incidents BP employees and contractors working in our operations take on the role of spill technicians assisting in the clean up of spilled material. To ensure that our workforce has the necessary skill for these tasks, ACS, BP and other producers on the North Slope conduct frequent training exercises and drills.
While routine training occurs year round, there is also one major deployment exercise each year where resources and personnel are mobilized from across the North Slope. A recently conducted exercise centred on a fictitious spill near the Alpine field, west of Prudhoe Bay. ACS and BP personnel provided key support in this exercise, which modelled an oil spill into a river near Alpine.