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15 billion barrels and 10,000 tanker escorts - Alyeska Pipeline achieves operational milestones
The month of December marked two significant operational
milestones for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company that reflects
the company’s commitment to safely transporting oil.
The 15 billionth barrel
of oil received at Alyeska Pipeline Service Company’s Pump
Station One on Alaska’s North Slope; Alyeska's Ship Escort
Vessel Response System conducted its 10,000th tanker escort.
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In the Field
Pump Stations get new operating equipment
Alyeska’s pipeline reconfiguration project
is upgrading the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) to reduce
the cost of transporting oil and increasing pipeline
reliability. Construction crews spent the summer and fall of
2005 preparing Pump Stations 1, 3, 4 and 9 for new,
electric-powered pump systems that must come on-line before
their existing pump systems can be decommissioned and taken
off line.
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President's Message
Kevin Hostler, President and CEO
Employees’ actions spread holiday cheer
It’s my first winter back in Alaska after more than 20 years
and I was looking forward to celebrating a holiday season with
snow on the ground. I am delighted to report that the snow is
nice, but my real source of seasonal cheer is the variety of
events that Alyeska employees are putting on to benefit their
communities.
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Face to Face
Nita McCallum
Construction Support Manager/Inspection Services Manager
Nita was born and raised in Western
Washington. She studied civil engineering there before working
on a series of quality control projects for private nuclear
power companies, the Department of Defense and the Department
of Energy.
She worked on projects in 10 different states, eventually
making her way to Alaska in the winter of 1994, for a
two-month-long electrical safety assignment with Stone &
Webster Engineering. This job led to contract work with
several Alyeska contractors and eventually to a permanent
position at Alyeska in June 1997.
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Pipeline 101
Storage Tanks
North Slope crude is shipped 800 miles through the trans
Alaska pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the Valdez Marine Terminal
(VMT) at the ice-free port of Valdez in Prince William Sound.
From there, it is routed to storage tanks or loaded directly
onto tankers and shipped to market. The VMT has two active
loading berths and is North America’s largest oil-loading
terminal.
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