The New TAPS
A closer look at Strategic Reconfiguration

At the core of Alyeska’s Strategic Reconfiguration project are the new electrically driven pumps being installed at Pump Stations 1, 3, 4 and 9. These stations will have three pump modules, each comprising an electric motor, a crude oil pump, a lubrication oil skid that supplies lube oil to the crude pump and motor and a sump tank to collect potential oil leakage. The modules will replace the existing turbine engine-driven pumps that have moved oil through TAPS since startup in 1977. When pump station upgrades are complete, TAPS will be able to pump up to 1.14 million barrels daily and to more readily make adjustments to changing flow forecasts.