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Valdez Marine
Terminal
Valdez Marine Terminal (VMT)
The Valdez Marine Terminal, at the southern end of
the Trans Alaska
Pipeline System, is where crude oil is stored and loaded onto tankers
for transport to market. The VMT encompasses more than 1,000 acres
and has facilities for crude oil metering, storage, transfer, and
loading.
Incoming crude oil is metered and sent either to one of 14 in-service
storage tanks or directly to a tanker. Before transfer to a tanker
begins,
crews place an oil spill containment boom around the entire berth and
the tanker.
The VMT:
- Covers a total area of 1,000 acres with all
facilities except berths built on bedrock at elevations ranging between
15 feet and 660 feet.
- Has 18 storage tanks with a capacity of more than
500,000 barrels per tank = 9.18 million barrels of total storage.
- Has one floating-berth and three fixed-berths.
- Has two loading berths with vapor recovery
systems and conducts all current loading.
- Has loaded more than 19,000 tankers since
startup.
Basic information
- Total area — 1,000 acres
- Cost to build — $1.4 billion
- Elevation — sea level to 660 ft. All
facilities except berths 15 ft. or higher
- Holding capacity in crude oil tanks —
9.18 million bbl.
Last updated March 30, 2009
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