Alaska OCS socioeconomic studies program. Technical report number 37. Western Gulf of Alaska petroleum development scenarios: transportation systems analysis. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6844811

Eakland, P; Joshi, R

The purpose of the report is to describe the incremental and cumulative impacts on local, regional, and state-wide transportation systems that might result from outer continental shelf Lease Sale No. 46 in the Western Gulf of Alaska. Facilities and services for air, land, and sea modes are examined, especially those that serve the cities of Kodiak, Seward, and Anchorage. The report has four major sections. Baseline conditions by mode are presented in Chapter II. Chapter III presents the impacts of the low, mean, and high base cases, which include non-OCS conditions and demands of previous OCS lease sale scenarios for the period of 1980-2000. Emphasis is placed on the mean scenario. A potential for congestion exists at port facilities in Kodiak, at air facilities in the Anchorage area, and on the intercity road system on the Kenai Peninsula. Chapter IV presents the transportation demands and the associated assessment of impacts for five OCS cases. Emphasis is placed on analysis of the mean base case and the mean OCS scenario. In addition, a range of incremental impacts is developed for the mean base case as well as a range of cumulative impacts. The modest estimates of recoverable oil and gas reserves in the Western Gulf of Alaska make an onshore oil terminal and a liquid natural gas production economic only in the high scenario.

• Research Organization: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Anchorage, AK (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6844811
• Report Number(s): PB-80-166630
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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