Strategic
Reconfiguration Project Overview
What is Strategic Reconfiguration?
Strategic Reconfiguration is part of Alyeska's overall vision to renew
assets and its organization. Strategic
Reconfiguration began in 2001 and focuses on two areas: the pipeline and
the Valdez Marine Terminal (Valdez). The program concentrates on reducing
physical infrastructure and simplifying operations and maintenance. The
program goal is to use modern, improved technology and processes to
minimize the cost of transportation and extend the economic life of the
pipeline system and North Slope oil fields. This will position TAPS for
more efficient operation while maintaining or enhancing safety,
operational integrity and environmental performance. The new system will
also provide more flexibility for future increases or decreases in
throughput. A more cost effective transportation system will better
position the North Slope for future exploration, development and
production.
Pipeline Reconfiguration
Conceptual engineering for reconfiguration of the pipeline was completed
in 2002. Eleven alternatives were considered. Electrification of four pump
stations and increased automation of the pipeline system was recommended
as the most promising option. Preliminary engineering further evaluated
this alternative and verified project costs and savings. The project was
sanctioned in March of 2004 and detailed engineering began. Module
fabrication, installation and onsite construction will begin in 2005. Click here to download the
Pipeline Reconfiguration Project Overview.
Strategic Reconfiguration Fact Sheets
Project and Module Facts:
Project objectives and scope, aerial view of pump station with
illustration of new facilities, typical pump station schematic showing
electrical system, anatomy of a VFD and pump module, facts about modules
and engineered equipment. (Updated July 25, 2005)
Medium Voltage Electrical System:
( Interrelationship between switchgear, transformer, and variable
frequency drive. Updated May 31, 2005)
Electrical power and crude oil flow
schematic for typical pump station Poster (updated 6-16-05)
Crude Oil Pump System:
Interrelationship between electric motor, crude oil pump, and lubrication
and sump system. (Updated July 19, 2005)
Power Generation: Describes
power systems at electrified pump stations including primary, backup and
emergency power. (Updated September 1, 2005)
Strategic
Reconfiguration News Alyeska Monthly Newsletter Stories
January/February 2006
Pump
Station Power Supply: Crews prepare to place cable, connect
electricity at reconfigured stations. For the past year workers have been
preparing Pump Stations 1, 3, 4 and 9 to receive new pumping systems and
operating equipment.
The
New TAPS - A Closer Look at Strategic Reconfiguration: As the Trans
Alaska Pipeline System undergoes a dramatic evolution process, this
section of the Alyeska Monthly will be dedicated to highlighting key
components of Strategic Reconfiguration. It is Alyeska's hope that the
"The New TAPS" will effectively inform readers of both recent and upcoming
improvements to the pipeline.
December 2005
Pump Stations get new operating equipment: Alyeska’s strategic
reconfiguration project is upgrading the Trans Alaska Pipeline System
(TAPS) to reduce oil transportation costs and increase pipeline safety and
reliability. Construction crews spent the summer of 2005 preparing Pump
Stations 1, 3, 4 and 9 for new, electric-powered pump systems that must
come on-line before their old-style pump systems can be decommissioned and
removed.
August 2005
Alyeska work crews reconfigure Pump Station 12: Alyeska recently took
one of the TAPS pump stations permanently out of pumping operations
because the station was no longer needed to accommodate changing pipeline
throughput demands from North Slope production
July 2005
Oil stops for pump station upgrades: The Trans Alaska Pipeline System
(TAPS) shut down for almost 36 hours on June 19-20 while crews worked on a
variety of scheduled pipeline projects
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