British oil company BP onward Monday denied allegations it manipulated data from inspections of Alaska pipelines that were partially lock up down earlier this month because of corrosion question at issues The Financial Times.

British oil company BP onward Monday denied allegations it manipulated data from inspections of Alaska pipelines that were partially lock up down earlier this month because of corrosion question at issues

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 brace 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 sustain all documentation related to the Aug. 6 consequence 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 at what she had seen of the company's maintenance conducts

"When we expect at other operators, this question has not been found," Cino said.

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