the united states government has filed a civil lawsuit against bp exploration ( alaska ) inc . ( bpxa ) asserting that the company " violated the cool electricity and water statutes " by " illicit discharging " more than 200 , 000 litre crude petroleum during two bp toxic in 2006 on alaska ' s north slope in prudhoe bay . bpxa once pleaded defendants to one count of police negligence in legally discharging the pipeline and paid us $ 20 million in damages . as a result of the plea , the lawsuit was rejected saying that they " lied " to prepare for such a disaster by implementing " certain [ sic ] spill prevention activities " as the law demanded .
Prudhoe Bay is situated in North Slope.