British oil company BP onward Mond...

British oil company BP onward Monday denied allegations it manipulated data from inspections of Alaska pipelines that were partially imprison down earlier this month because of corrosion puzzles

The Financial Times, a British publication, reported the U Environmental Protection Agency was investigating allegations through BP PLC workers that the company manipulated data to avoid replacing pipelines in the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, oil field.

"We've been working with the DOT [Department of Transportation] and the EPA since we notified them of the original leak sum of two units weeks ago," said Robert Wine, a BP spokesman.

Alaska Attorney General David Marquez told a special hearing of the state legislature being held in Anchorage forward Friday that the state had serv subpoenas to BP and other Prudhoe Bay leaseholders to protect all documentation related to the Aug. 6 termination and pipeline corrosion dating to 1996

Acting U Transportation Secretary Maria Cino toured BP's Alaskan facilities Friday and said she was surprised and disappointed by means of what she had seen of the company's maintenance deeds

"When we await at other operators, this puzzle has not been found," Cino said.

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