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Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources is suing nine oil and gas companies to hold them financially responsible for three decades-old, environmentally hazardous wells on the North Slope — part of the long-neglected Beechey Point Unit. The state’s 59-page lawsuit targets operators including Brooks Range Petroleum, which already paid a $6.3 million fine last year for similar violations. Under lease agreements, these companies were supposed to restore the land after their leases ended — but they didn’t, leaving behind a costly cleanup mess. With hundreds of abandoned “orphaned” wells across Alaska — some over 100 years old — this case could set a precedent for holding corporate parents accountable nationwide. The case is now in federal court before Judge David Roghair, with no trial date set yet.

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