Satellite Back-up System Kicks In

The back-up satellite communication system for the pipeline went into operation for approximately 40 minutes on Saturday morning after the primary and secondary microwave voice communications to Pump Stations 1 through 4 were lost. Data communication was lost to Pump Station 4 for approximately seven minutes. During this time the pump station was operated locally, instead of remotely operated from the Operations Control Center (OCC) in Valdez. Satellite voice communication to Pump Station 4 was never lost. The cause of the failure is believed to be a clogged potentiometer at the Kaaruk repeater. No impact to throughput occurred.

The back-up satellite system provides communication to the pump stations and remote sites if the microwave system is out of operation.

Alyeska Pipeline will accept the keys to their new Fairbanks office building in the Doyon Industrial Facility on Tuesday, April 14. The owner and constructor of the building, Doyon Properties Inc., a division of Doyon Corporation, will present the keys to Alyeska Pipeline Sr. Vice President Lee Jones on Tuesday during a ceremony scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.

The new building on Bidwell Avenue increases Alyeska’s overall office space in the Fairbanks facility to 78,000 square feet. Workers will begin moving into the new building on Wednesday, April 15.

• March Reliability: 100%
• 1998 Reliability: 100%
• March Throughput: 38,910,472 barrels
• March Daily Average: 1,255,177 barrels per day
• 1998 Throughput: 113,685,792 barrels
• 1998 Daily Average: 1,263,175 barrels per day

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