Trans-Alaska Pipeline

[trans-uh-las-kuh, tranz-, trans-, tranz-]

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.

Example Sentences

Supporters say that would be significant for the trans-Alaska pipeline, which hit its peak for throughput in 1988 with an average of about 2 million barrels per day.

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It is expected to produce oil for 30 years, hitting 180,000 barrels daily at its peak — a significant amount, given that the current output of the trans-Alaska pipeline is at about 470,000 barrels per day.

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The oil giant subsequently took out leases on large swaths of Alaska’s North Slope, but had trouble with transportation until 1973, when an oil embargo created the political and economic conditions necessary for pushing through approval of a Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.

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Elevated pipelines seven feet above ground would carry oil from the drill sites to existing pipes at the Alpine site, eventually connecting with the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which stretches 800 miles from Alaska’s North Slope to Valdez in southern Alaska.

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State political leaders, including Alaska’s bipartisan congressional delegation, and labor unions have touted Willow as a job creator, expected to send up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day through the trans-Alaska pipeline.

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