Alaska Pipeline Crude Oil Flow Rate Little Changed

The Trans Alaska Pipeline System, which carries about 11 percent of U.S. oil production, is being monitored as the flow rate on the line was little changed after increasing from a restart yesterday.

The target rate for today is 510,000 barrels a day, Mike Levshakoff, a spokesman for network operator Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., said in a telephone interview. An earlier estimate of 570,000 barrels a day was incorrect, he said.