Several news sources are reporting that thousands of barrels of crude oil spilled Tuesday at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline's Pump Station 9, located about 100 miles south of Fairbanks. Officials have no estimate of how many barrels spilled or when the pipeline will start again. According to Reuters, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. operates the 800-mile oil line, which runs from Prudhoe...
Several news sources are reporting that thousands of barrels of crude oil spilled Tuesday at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline's Pump Station 9, located about 100 miles south of Fairbanks. Officials have no estimate of how many barrels spilled or when the pipeline will start again.
According to Reuters, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. operates the 800-mile oil line, which runs from Prudhoe Bay to the tanker port of Valdez and normally ships about 667,000 barrels of oil daily. Alyeska is a consortium owned by five oil companies. Major owners are BP, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil. Unocal and Koch hold minor shares.
Read more about the spill:
» BP-owned Alaska oil pipeline shut after spill [Reuters]
» North Slope crude spills from Alaska pipeline [CNN]
» Trans-Alaska Pipeline Shutdown After Oil Tank Spill [KTVA Channel 11]
» Oil spills into Alaska pipeline containment area [Anchorage Daily News]
» Alaska Oil Pipeline Shut After Power Outage [The Wall Street Journal]