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Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline pump station 3 just north of the Brooks Range in Alaska.

Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline pump station 3 just north of the Brooks Range in Alaska.

An aerial view of Pump Station No. 3 and the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline at the base of the Brooks Range in Alaska. About 17percent of all oil produced in the USA is transported through this oil pipeline from the North Slope of Alaska to the shipping port of Valdez.
The oil pipeline was designed with a 30 year time life, it is now operating past it's design life and with a lower volume of crude oil which again represents new operational problems like lower crude oil temperature. Oil pipeline corrosion might become a major issue in the years ahead before the pipeline is shut down and decomissioned and removed!
The 800 mile long trans Alaska oil pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the Port of Valdez. The oil pipeline is operated by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.
In the 1980’s at the peak oil flows, a barrel of oil made the trip from prudhoe Bay to Valdez in four days. Today it takes 13 days. The slower flow causes the crude oil temperature to cool faster. At some point, the crude oil temperture will dip below the freezing point of water un-less the oilis reheated inside the oil pipeline.
With lower crude oil temperture, ice and wax may start to coat the inside of the oil pipeline.
The oil pipeline has transported more than 15 billion barrels of crude oil.
The peak oil flow was roughly 2,100,000 barrels per day through the pipeline. Today the oil pipeline transport about 700,000 barrels of North Slope crude oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. daily. With new design upgrades, the pipeline should be able to transport as littel as 300,000 barrels of oil per day.

Oil production in the Cook Inlet of Alaska USA. Tyonek A offshore gas platform operated by ConocoPhillips Alaska. Mono offshore oil rig in the Cook Inlet of Alaska operated by Chevron. An aerial view of the Chevron operated Granite Point offshore oil and gas platform in Alaska. The man-made Endicott Island oil well facilities on the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean in Alaska and aerial photo. Granite Point Offshore Oil Platform operating in the Trading Bay Oil Field of Alaska. Oil and gas production at the Trading Bay Oil Field in Alaska. Oiltanker sailing on Valdez to pick up a full load of crude oil from the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline. Steelhead offshore oil platform operating in the Cook Inlet in Alaska. Dolly Varden Offshore Oil Rig operating in Alaska, an aerial photo. An old decommissioned oil rig in Cook Inlet of Alaska. Offshore oil and gas production in Alaska an aerial photo. Aerial view of operating oil wells on a pad in the Arctic of Alaska. ConocoPhillips Alpine Oil Field and airport on the North Slope of Alaska, an aerial photo in the summer. Oil drilling on the North Slope of Alaska at the Kuparuk oil field just west of Prudhoe Bay. Alpine Oil Field satelite oil wells on the North Slope of Alaska. Oil production in the Arctic on the North Slope of Alaska an aerial photo Producing oil wells at the ConocoPhillips Alpine Oil Field. Atigun Pass in the Brooks Range of Alaska, an aerial photo made in August. Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline pump station 3 just north of the Brooks Range in Alaska. Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline through the Brooks Range. Nanuq Oil Drilling Pad at the Alpine Oil Field on the North Slope of Alaska. Pumpstation No. 6 on the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline. An old ARCO oil well producing at Prudhoe Bay in Alaska Pump Station No. One on the trans Alaska Oil Pipeline at Prudhoe Bay. Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline from the rich oil field of Prudhoe Bay to Port in Valdez The Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline under the midnight sun. Oil pipeline crossing a river in the Alpine Oil Field on the North Slope of Alaska. Flow lines on the North Slope of Alaska through the Alpine Oil Field. Sunset over the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline. The 800 mile long oil pipeline starts at Prudhoe Bay up on the North Slope of Alaska and cross Alaska no it's way to the port city of Valdez. The 800 mile long Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline from the oil field of Prudhoe Bay to the sea side port of Valdez Alaska The Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline photographed north of the Brooks Range in Alaska. A unique aerial photo of the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay up on the North Slope of Alaska with Pump Station No. 1 in the foreground. Nuiqsut Oil Drill Pad as part of the ConocoPhillips Alpine Oil Field. Oil production in the USA. Shell Draugen offshore oil rig under final instalation in Norway an aerial photograph Snorre oil platform under final stages of complition in Stavanger in Norway. Offshore oil production in Alaska USA