Alaska Oil Pipeline Bypass Would Connect One of Three Pumps
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The Trans Alaska Pipeline System operators’ plan to bypass a leaking pipe would connect one of three booster pumps, according to the latest situation report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
The operator is working to restore service on the 800-mile (1,287-kilometer) network that carries 15 percent of U.S. crude output after a leak forced its closure Jan. 8. The leak has forced BP Plc, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil Corp. to suspend 95 percent of production from the North Slope area.