Alyeska puts brakes on trans-Alaska pipeline flow as winds hold up loading

The amount of oil flowing through the trans-Alaska oil pipeline has been intentionally slowed because of high winds at the marine terminal in Valdez, where oil is loaded onto tankers for shipment to West Coast refineries. The flow of oil is being reduced to about 25 percent of normal in several way....

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One tanker partially filled