alaska pipeline... there's one right?

Question

One big one that goes all the across the state into thr port?? right?? If not, please back up your answer w/ a link

Answer 1

yes....State of Alaska Division of Oil and Gas
http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/

The Alaska Pipeline was built by a cortsortium of seven companies.
BP Pipeline Co. 50.01%
Arco Transportation Alaska, Inc. 21.35%
Exxon Pipeline Co. 20.34%
Mobil Alaska Pipeline Co. 4.08%
Amerada Hess Pipeline Corp. 1.5%
Phillips Alaska Pipeline Corp. 1.36%
Unical Pipeline Co. 1.36%

The pipe has a diameter of 48 inches and is *800 miles in length with less than half buried, the remainder is on 78,000 aboveground supports, located 60 feet apart, built in a flexible *zigzag pattern. There are more than 800 river and stream crossings. It has 151 stop-flow valves in case of leaks. At any one moment, there are about 9 million barrels of oil in the line. Approximately $8 billion for construction of entire system, including Valdez Terminal and pump stations, at conclusion of initial construction period in 1977

*Pipe Above-ground — 420 mi.
*Conventional Pipe below-ground — 376 mi.
*Refrigerated Pipe below-ground — 4 mi.
*Zig zag Configuration of the Alyeska Pipeline: Above-ground sections of the pipeline are built in a zig zag configuration to allow for expansion or contraction of the pipe because of temperature changes. The design also allows for pipeline movement caused by an earthquake.

Recoverable reserves, at discovery (estimated)

* Sadlerochit - 9.6 billion bbl.
* Kuparuk - 2.2 billion bbl.
* Lisburne - 300 million bbl.
* Milne Point - 100 million + bbl.
* Endicott - 350 million bbl.
* Pt. McIntyre - 300 million bbl.

*Basic conversions: 1 bbl. = 42 gallons bbl. per ton = 7.07 One Barrel = 42 gallons

*Pump Station facilities in original design — 12 pump stations with 4 pumps each.
Number of stations operating as of Jan. 1, 1997 — 9: Pump Stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 12.
Maximum daily *throughput — 2.136 million bbl., avg. It takes approximately 5.6 days for a barrel of oil to travel the full length of the pipeline at 5.4 mph. Almost 13 billion barrels have moved through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System by 2000. Storage tanks capacity in Valdez - 18, 9.1 million barrels total.

*Throughput, actual average per day through 1997

*Pump Stations Facts

Shipping Destinations

Under provisions of the Trans Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, North Slope crude may not be
exported from the United States, its territories or possessions; exceptions (of which there have been none to the date of this printing), such as crude trades with other countries which might work to the ultimate benefit of the U.S., must be approved by the President, with the concurrence of the
Congress.

Alyeska ships the oil in tankers that must travel from Valdez through the Panama Canal, which adds to the cost per barrel for Alaska crude oil.

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Answer 2

its actually called the trans alaskan pipeline.