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OWNED
BY 7 PIPELINE COMPANIES:
- BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc.
- ARCO Transportation Alaska
Inc.
- Exxon Pipeline Company
- Mobil Alaska Pipeline Company
- Amerada Hess Pipeline Corporation
- Phillips Alaska Pipeline
Corporation
- Unocal Pipeline Company
HISTORY
- Oil discovered at Prudhoe
Bay: 1968
- First pipe laid: March 27,
1975. First oil flowed: June 20, 1977
- Total workforce (1969-1977):
70,000
- Permits required: State-832;
Federal-515
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SPECIFICATIONS:
- 11 Pump Stations, 6 currently
running
48-inch dia. High-tensile carbon steel
Wall thickness: 0.462 or 0.563 inches
- Max operation pressure:
1,180 psi (Ibs./sq. inch) 71 gate- and 80 check valves (safety
devices to block oil flow)
- Can stop oil flow in 4 minutes
- Comprehensive monitoring
and repair program
- Cost to build: $8 billion
- Avg. daily throughput 1996:
1,435,000 barrels
- Highest daily throughput:
2,145,297 barrels, January 14, 1988
- Oil travel time: 6.2 days
at 5.4 mph
- 50 tankers loaded each month
- More than 14,500 tankers
have been loaded with approximately 11 billion barrels of
oil
- Storage Capacity at Valdez
Marine Terminal (VMT): 9.18 million barrels (7 Tankers)
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