the united states navy has filed a civil lawsuit against pioneer exploration ( alaska ) ft . ( bpxa ) arguing that the company " violated domestic clean air and water policy " by " illegally discharging " more than 200 , 000 gallons crude oil during two oil spills in 2006 on alaska ' s north slope in prudhoe bay . bpxa have plea guilty to 2 count of total negligence in illegally discharging the oil and paid us $ 20 million in compensation . as a result of the plea , the lawsuit was dropped saying that they " failed " to preparation for such a disaster by adopting " certain [ sic ] spill prevention actions " as the law permitted .
Prudhoe Bay is situated in North Slope.