7.9 earthquake on Denali fault shuts down pipeline Nov. 3Pipeline flowing again Nov. 6; temporary supports placed under areas affected by quake, work on permanent repairs to damaged sections of line continues; Alyeska says all priority work tasks completed prior to restart Kristen Nelson PNA Editor-in-Chief
The trans-Alaska oil pipeline, shut down Nov. 3 after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, was restarted shortly after 8 a.m. Nov. 6 and by that afternoon was once transporting crude oil from the North Slope at a rate of 750,000 barrels a day.
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., which runs the pipeline for its ow....
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