Trans-Alaska Pipeline

American  

[trans-uh-las-kuh, tranz-, trans-, tranz-] / ˈtræns əˈlæs kə, ˈtrænz-, ˌtræns-, ˌtrænz- /

noun

1. a pipeline system opened in 1977 that transports oil 800 miles (1,300 km) across Alaska, from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope S to Valdez harbor.

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Example Sentences

It is roughly the same length as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which carries nearly 5 percent of the nation’s daily oil production, has been affected by thawing permafrost and flooding, requiring its owners to invest in costly repairs.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

Mr. Stevens is a Koyukon Athabascan from Stevens Village, a small community northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline crosses over the Yukon River.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021

To avoid problems with the permafrost, 420 miles of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline were built on an elevated support system that keeps the pipe about six feet above the ground.

From Scientific American • Jul. 17, 2021

Comparisons have also been drawn between McCandless and Carl McCunn, an affable absentminded Texan who moved to Fairbanks during the 1970s oil boom and found lucrative employment on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction project.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer