Moving hot oil across Arctic terrain was an unprecedented challenge following the discovery of America’s largest oil field in 1969 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

FAIRBANKS -- Technicians working for Alyeska Pipeline Co. at the Operations Control Center in Anchorage run the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System by remote control, monitoring alarms and tracking ...

If the government requires that you be ready to respond to oil spills on a pipeline that stretches 800 miles through the Alaskan wilderness, almost any machine failure can appear to be an emergency.

Oil flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline dropped by nearly 200,000 barrels a day in early May due to a combination of a slowdown in tanker traffic out of Valdez and limited storage at the ...

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline remained shut down on Wednesday, a day after some scheduled maintenance work at a pump station along the 800-mile (1,287-km) line triggered an unexpected power outage and ...

Alyeska runs cleaning pigs through the pipeline every seven to 14 days, Thomas said. It takes about a week for each pig to work its way through the entire 800 miles, he said.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. will conduct research to determine whether lowering the water content of crude will improve the performance of the trans-Alaska pipeline. A ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! The Trans-Alaska Pipeline stretches 420 miles across Alaska from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska. Betsy Haines, Alyeska Pipeline’s Vice President ...