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STATE The Associated Press HOUSTON - BP is on target to finish replacing and fixing miles of pipeline on Alaska's North Slope, about two years after corrosion-induced leaks crimped the nation's oil supply and prompted harsh criticism of the company, the chief of the oil giant's American division said Monday.

BP official says Alaska pipeline fixes on target

Al Grillo / The Associated Press

Cleaning up: A worker uses a rope mop on Aug. 10, 2006, to remove oil from tundra grass from a leak in an oil transit line at the Prudhoe Bay oil field. BP America's chief said Monday the oil giant is on target to finish replacing and fixing miles of pipeline on the North Slope, about two years after corrosion-induced leaks crimped the nation's oil supply.

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