Anchorage, AK – The second of two scheduled pipeline shutdowns will begin July 23rd at 6:00 a.m. The shutdown will last approximately 36 hours while maintenance crews work on projects from Prudhoe Bay to the marine terminal in Valdez.

The primary scope of work for this shutdown includes:

• Installing infrastructure at Pump Station 9 for the new electric driven pumps for the Strategic Reconfiguration (SR) project.
• Install a 48 inch straight run mainline pipe at Pump Station 12.
• Perform a myriad of maintenance tasks on selected valves.

Alyeska conducts line-wide shutdowns nearly every year to allow maintenance crews time to work on projects simultaneously along the pipeline and at the terminal. Alyeska safely and successfully completed a similar slate of tasks during a shutdown in June.

The pipeline is scheduled to restart at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, July 24, 2005.

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