Maintenance shutdowns are choreographed events

Oil normally flows through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with no time off for holidays. But the flow must occasionally stop for pipeline maintenance and upgrades.

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Alaska’s unusually hot and dry summer has resulted in one of its worst wildland fire seasons ever. Interior Alaska’s Boundary and Fort Hamlin Hills fires were among the nation’s top priority wildland fires in June and prompted Alyeska officials to take extra fire precautions by expanding burn breaks around sections of the trans-Alaska pipeline.  

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Gratitude for Alaska's firefighters

A word of thanks is in order for the hundreds of fire crewmembers and volunteers who are diligently working this summer battling Alaska’s fires.

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Kristi Acuff is a life-long Alaskan who became Alyeska’s Chief Human Resources Officer and newest executive on July 1. She joined the company in March 2003 in preparation for her current position. She has more than 24 years of Alaska energy industry-related experience, 21 of which were in HR.