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Animals / Wildlife

Bridges on TAPS

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Alyeska and TAPS contractors use drones to monitor remote streams and creeks, get closer looks at difficult and dangerous-to-access infrastructure and landscapes, and capture data.

Earthquakes are a frightening, and regular, reality in Alaska. TAPS was seismically designed to survive earthquakes without damage or leakage.

Strategically placed pump stations have moved more than 18 billion barrels of oil down TAPS since startup.

Since Start-up

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James B. Dalton Highway is the name applied by the state in 1981 to 415 miles of roadway, including the North Slope Haul Road and the 57- mile road from the Yukon River to Livengoo