51.   Officials said the spill was small, but could not estimate how much oil was involved.

52.   Officials said the spill was the result of a ruptured pipeline, and no sabotage was suspected.

53.   One environmental workers said Wednesday that the spill was under control.

54.   One environmental worker said that the spill was under control.

55.   Previous spills have been too small to have been documented by authorities.

56.   Still, the spill was part of a larger problem, Rosman said.

57.   Spills are frequent, and sometimes injured horses have to be destroyed.

58.   The difference is that the Alaskan spill was in seawater and spread rapidly.

59.   The investigation also probed claims the spill was the result of sabotage by disgruntled workers aboard the tanker.

60.   The government environmental protection agency also said the spill was unlikely to have a major environmental impact on the region.