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The core pipeline itself, which is commonly called the Alaska pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline, or Alyeska pipeline, (or The pipeline as referred to by Alaskan residents), is an 800-mile (1,287 km) long, 48-inch (1.22 m) diameter pipeline that conveys oil from Prudhoe Bay, on Alaska's North Slope, south to Valdez, on the shores of Prince William ...
A map of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline with pump stations and construction camps identified. When the contracts were announced, Alyeska already had 12 pipeline construction camps either built or under construction. [17] These camps were all north of the Yukon, however, and camps had to be built along the entire length of the project.
English: A map of the route of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, showing pump stations, cities, roads, mountain ranges and passes, and bodies of water. Date 23 July 2009
The first oil flowed into the pipeline on June 20, 1977, and the first tanker load departed from Valdez on August 1, 1977. Totem Marine Tug & Barge, Inc. v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. was argued before the Alaska Supreme Court in 1978. The Alyeska Pipeline Service Company was partially responsible for helping to respond to the Exxon Valdez ...
Galbraith Lake Airport is located in the area, as well as Pump Station 4 of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. A work camp was located at Galbraith Lake during the construction of the pipeline. An oil spill near the camp in 1975 caused some oil to enter the lake and a slick to appear on its surface.
The pipeline would not be completed until 1977. [5] It was initially known as the "Wales Highway". [7] In 1979, Alyeska turned over control of the road to the state of Alaska, who gave it the official name of "James W. Dalton Highway", named after the prospector of the North Slope, James W. Dalton. In 1981, the highway was opened to the public ...
This allowed Alyeska to start using the span, thus eliminating the need to construct an ice bridge that winter to transport materials across the river. [5] The bridge would remain under the control of Alyeska until the completion of the Alaska Pipeline, then control of both the bridge and the haul road was turned over to the state.
In the field, oil is moved through pipelines from about 1000 wells, to a pumping station at the head of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline; "flow lines" carry oil from the wells to local processing centers where the oil is prepared for long-range transport through the pipeline by removing water and gas; "transit lines" then carry the oil to the pumping ...