Anchorage, AK – Alyeska Pipeline Service Company safely restarted the trans-Alaska pipeline at approximately 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 24, after completing a variety of projects from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. Work performed during the shutdown, which began at 6:00 a.m. on July 23, included work at Pump Station 9 to prepare that facility to accept the electric pump motors that are part of Alyeska’s Strategic Reconfiguration project, and the installation of a 48-inch straight run mainline pipe at Pump Station 12. Approximately 20 other tasks were performed at pump stations, remote valve sites, and at the Valdez Marine Terminal.

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. This was the second of two planned shutdowns this year.
 

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