Monthslong gas leak plugged in Alaska's Cook Inlet

摘要

Dive crews Thursday night "safely and successfully" stopped a Hilcorp Alaska natural gas leak that had released methane in Alaska's Cook Inlet for months. Hilcorp said in a statement that a clamp was installed on the marine pipeline, which is 80 feet deep. It took multiple dives to the seafloor over the past week to repair the 52-year-old pipeline. The spill prompted outcry from environmental groups over its impact to wildlife.