This year’s trans-Alaska pipeline shutdown set for July 27-28 - June 16, 2002

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryJune 2002

Vol. 7, No. 24

Week of June 16, 2002

This year’s trans-Alaska pipeline shutdown set for July 27-28

Petroleum News Alaska Staff

The Joint Pipeline Office said June 6 that this year’s scheduled annual shutdown of the trans-Alaska pipeline system will be July 27-28. JPO said that one of this year’s more complex efforts during the shutdown will be the replacement of remote gate valve 39. The remote gate valve replacement is a result of a JPO and Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. 1997 memorandum of agreement requiring testing of 177 mainline valves by 2000. JPO said all operating mainline valves have been tested and remote gate valves 60 and 80, check valves 122 and 74 and a valve at Pump Station 9 have been repaired or replaced.

Valve maintenance is ongoing, the JPO said, and if internal leak through or damage is identified, valves will be repaired or replaced.

JPO said there will be a review of Alyeska’s plans before this year’s work is done. JPO will have staff in the field and at the control center during shutdown, replacement and startup.

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