[Editor's note: This story was updated from a previous version posted at 7:55 a.m. CT April 17.]
BP Plc (NYSE: BP) said workers on Alaska's North Slope had brought under control a company-operated well that spewed oil and gas over the weekend.
The leak was discovered on April 14 and a team from BP, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and local government was brought in to coordinate efforts. The team halted the well leaks overnight, BP said in a statement on April 17.
The volume of the leak was not disclosed.
A BP spokesman said details of what caused the loss of control were not available. The oil producer had retained Halliburton Co.'s (NYSE: HAL) well control specialists to kill the well, the spokesman said.
ADEC earlier said in a statement that well pipe had temporarily "jacked up" or risen vertically about 3 ft to 4 ft, causing a pressure gauge to break off.
BP has dealt with several spills and leaks in Alaska in the past. In 2006, a corroded pipeline released nearly 5,000 barrels (bbl) of crude oil, the largest oil spill in the North Slope at the time. Another spill occurred in 2009 that saw just over 1,000 bbl leak.
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