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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.
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 ...
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.
Environmental groups on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old trans-Alaska pipeline system and develop a plan for a “managed ...
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 ...
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Five Mile Airport (ICAO: PAFV, FAA LID: FVM) is a private-use airport located in Five Mile (or Five Mile Camp) in the U.S. state of Alaska.The airport is owned by the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Pipeline Office and managed by the Alyeska Pipeline Company. [1]