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Refrigerating the Pipeline
For almost every inch of the 800-mile
pipeline, design engineers who designed and built this
system faced a different environmental challenge. There were
more than 800 river and stream crossings. The migration of
indigenous animals could not be interfered with. The
pipeline had to traverse three mountain ranges. And for most
of the year, construction was taking place in one of the
harshest climates on earth.
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In the Field
Source Control and Repair Team Training
Alyeska’s Source Control and Repair Team (SC&RT) completed
three days of intense hands-on training in May. Procedures
were tested, equipment and clamps were deployed, and a live
petroleum fire was extinguished using the advanced
technology fire skids.
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President's Message
Kevin Hostler, President and CEO
Valve Replacement Near Glennallen
In July, during our regularly scheduled maintenance shutdown,
we will work on a variety of projects along the
800-mile-long pipeline, including installing a check valve
on the mainline at Pump Station 10, replacing a second check
valve near Glennallen and a host of other repairs.
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Face to Face
Ken Wilson
Fish and Wildlife
Subject Matter Expert
Ken Wilson caught the Alaska bug earlier than most. At just 16,
he headed north to Alaska through a University of Iowa
science program for high school students. He knew this was
where he was meant to be and six years later secured a
research fellowship sponsored by the Fish and Wildlife
Service at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. With nothing
but a backpack, he landed at the Fairbanks International
Airport certain of one thing: his wandering spirit had found
its way home.
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The
New TAPS
Electric Pump Stations to come online
Due to the remoteness of
TAPS, most pump stations must generate their own electrical
power. This is currently accomplished with aging,
skid-mounted turbine generator packages that require ongoing
maintenance. As part of Strategic Reconfiguration (SR), four
pump stations will become electrically driven. PS 1 and PS 9
will tie into commercial utility grids. Pump Stations 1, 3,
and 4 will generate their own electrical power using modern
skid-mounted turbine generators. PS 7 will not be modified
at this time.
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