TAPS reroute meets schedule, beats cost estimate

Journal Article · Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6914441

Newcomer, E S; McDevitt, P G ^[1]

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1. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Anchorage, AK (United States)

This paper reports that heavy corrosion concentration prompted Alaska Pipeline Service Co., operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS), last year to replace 8.5 miles of 48-in. OD main line in Alaska's Atigun River Floodplain. The Atigun project was one of the most successful projects ever undertaken by the company since TAPS' initial construction in 1977. The project's remote location 135 miles north of the Arctic Circle in the heart of the Brooks Mountain Range, required that temporary living quarters for approximately 500 people and offices, shops, and a communication system be constructed in addition to the new pipeline.

• OSTI ID: 6914441
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 90:37; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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