Firefighting training
prepares VMT Fire Brigade
The Valdez Marine Terminal (VMT) fire brigade is a key part
of Alyeska's response force
Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) workers must be prepared
to quickly respond to every possible pipeline contingency,
from extreme weather to earthquakes, wild fires, malevolent
acts and equipment failures.
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In the Field
Alyeska reconfigures worker skills
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company is moving forward on its $250 million strategic reconfiguration program to modernize the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. As pipeline equipment and control systems are upgraded, workers will develop new skills to operate and maintain the new equipment.
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President's Message
David Wight, President and CEO
Review process continuously improves
spill preparedness
Alyeska works closely with the Joint Pipeline Office (JPO), a
consortium of 11 government agencies that monitors pipeline
operations, to develop and maintain oil spill prevention and
response plans.
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Face to Face
Dan Roberts
Engineering Manager
Dan Roberts moved to Alaska from Houston, Texas in 2000 when he joined Alyeska Pipeline Service Company as its Fairbanks Business Unit maintenance engineering supervisor. Before Alyeska, Roberts worked for ExxonMobil Chemical and Solvay Chemicals at petrochemical plants on the Gulf Coast and in Washington State. He was promoted to Fairbanks engineering manager in 2001 and Alyeska’s engineering manager in July 2002.
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Pipeline 101
Pipe
The Trans Alaska Pipeline System is 800 miles long with a
48-inch outside diameter. The pipe has two wall thicknesses
(.462 and .562 inches) and three strength gradations tested to
yield a minimum of 60-, 65- or 70-thousand pounds per square
inch. The pipe meets or exceeds all engineering requirements
specified by industry standards, regulatory requirements and
Alyeska’s additional standards that consider the arctic
environment.
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