ANCHORAGE, AK – Alyeska Pipeline Service Company will complete a series of line-wide maintenance projects during two pipeline shutdowns scheduled this summer. Work during the first shutdown will begin at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 10, and will last approximately 30 hours.

Oil will stop flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline while maintenance crews work on projects along the pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the marine terminal in Valdez. The scope of work for this shutdown includes a myriad of tasks ranging from replacement of pig trap valves to performing maintenance on selected Remote Gate Valves.

Alyeska conducts line-wide shutdowns nearly every year to allow crews to work on projects in various locations simultaneously along the pipeline. The shutdown is scheduled to coincide with the producers’ routine maintenance on equipment and facilities on the North Slope. The pipeline is scheduled to restart at 12 p.m. on Sunday, July 11.

The second summer shutdown is scheduled for August 16 and 17. During that shutdown, preparatory work will be conducted at some of the pump stations as part of Strategic Reconfiguration.