New pumps start up at Pump Station 3 12/23/2007
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. is in the process of switching over a second pipeline pump station to new technology. Pump Station 3, on the north side of the Brooks Range, is the second of four stations...

Alaska's PSIO completes staff hiring 11/18/2007
The Petroleum System Integrity Office has completed its recruitment efforts, PSIO Coordinator Jonne Slemons told Petroleum News Nov. 14. Slemons said Dan Rice, PE, was hired in July as PSIO's lead te...

30 STRONG: VMT gets vapor control technology 10/14/2007
Air quality improves after Alyeska installs vapor control system at Valdez terminal
The biggest advance in technology at the Valdez Marine Terminal was installation of a vapor control system at the oil loading berths in 1998, according to Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. officials. Befo...

30 STRONG: Corrosion battle began on Day 1 10/14/2007
Ongoing campaign slows aging in trans-Alaska oil pipeline, yields technology dividends
In the beginning, it was an occasional skirmish. Thirty years later, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. is embroiled in a full-scale war on corrosion and destructive forces attacking the trans-Alaska oil pi...

30 STRONG: Prevention fuels best practices hunt 10/14/2007
SERVS, terminal benefit from Alyeska's commitment to doing it right, best technology
Unquestionably, the watershed event in the evolution of oil spill prevention and response technologies used by Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. was the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In a little over 11 1/2 year...

30 STRONG: Pipeline pigs dig the dirty work 10/14/2007
Instruments used by Alyeska to monitor, maintain 30-year-old infrastructure have improved
Perhaps the most talked about and least understood technologies in the transportation sector of the oil industry are in-line inspection devices known as "pigs." These oinkers, like their namesakes, ar...

30 STRONG: A tale of two leaks 10/14/2007
Emergency response quicker, more effective in 23 years between oil spills at Alyeska
In 30 years, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. has only had to respond to oil spill emergencies caused by acts of sabotage against the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. The first incident occurred in the Steele C...

30 STRONG: Better mousetraps for inland spills 10/14/2007
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. scored big with recent advances in emergency preparedness
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., operator of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, has assembled a diverse collection of tools to aid in its ongoing efforts to improve its emergency response capabilities. Empl...

30 STRONG: Seeking systems for all seasons 10/14/2007
After 30 years of upgrades, Alyeska brings telecommunications, computer systems to peak
Advances in telecommunications and information technology have brought numerous improvements to the computer system that controls the trans-Alaska oil pipeline and the network that facilitates and rei...