Trans-Alaska Pipeline
RSS800-mile crude oil pipeline operated by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company from Pump Station 1 at Prudhoe Bay to the Valdez Marine Terminal. Commissioned 1977. Owned by a consortium of major oil producers (ConocoPhillips, BP/Hilcorp, ExxonMobil). Throughput has declined from its 1988 peak of 2.1 million barrels/day to roughly 500,000 today, raising long-term operational and integrity-management questions.
Cordova wary as pipeline operator seeks a fast-tracked 30-year renewal
Alyeska seeks early renewal of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline permit with a faster review. Cordova wants a shorter term and money set aside to decommission aging infrastructure.
by Walter AlaskaNews8h ago2 min readAI
The pipeline's owners want another 30 years, seven years before they have to ask
The trans-Alaska pipeline's owners want another 30 years on federal land, seven years before they need to ask. Scoping comment closes Sept. 10.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min readAI
A North Slope river keeps chewing toward the pipeline, and Alyeska keeps armoring it
For the second time this year, Alyeska wants to stack rock along the Sagavanirktok River to keep it from eroding toward the buried Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readAI
A gravel permit for the pipeline, and a question about what Alyeska pays
A routine permit lets Alyeska pull gravel from the Sag floodplain for pipeline upkeep — but not what the private pipeline giant pays the public for it. A senator's been asking.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readAI
North Slope, Fairbanks, Valdez sue over pipeline tax values
Three Alaska municipalities sued June 22 over how pipeline companies value their assets for local taxes, challenging assessments that affect borough and city revenue.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
Alyeska Seeks Land to Armor the Pipeline Against Floods
Alyeska wants more North Slope land to wall the pipeline off from flooding — the same week the rivers are rising, and a year after the Sag took out the Dalton Highway for real.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readAI
Alyeska tears down Pump Station 8 near Salcha
Alyeska Pipeline is demolishing Pump Station 8 near Salcha, 30 miles south of Fairbanks, removing buildings and tanks that have sat idle since the station closed in 1996.
by Alaska Newsadded 2mo ago2 min readAI
DEC opens comment on Trans Alaska Pipeline spill plan renewal
Alaska's environmental agency opened public comment on the Trans Alaska Pipeline's spill-response plan renewal through March 5, covering the 800-mile system from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez.
by Alaska Newsadded 3mo ago1 min readAI