Nearly 2,300 gallons of fuel have been recovered from a blueberry farm near Everett after a leak from BP’s Olympic Pipeline in November.

The pipeline carries gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. A leak cut off the jet fuel supply to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for nearly two weeks and resulted in emergency declarations from the governors of both Washington and Oregon. The Olympic Pipeline runs from Whatcom County to Portland and supplies more than 90 percent of Oregon’s transportation fuel.

The total amount of fuel spilled has not yet been measured, but the damaged part of the pipeline was fixed and fully put back into service Saturday, according to a BP statement.

The spill was first reported as sheen in a drainage ditch in an agricultural field on Nov. 11. Jet fuel started flowing

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