When engineers first turned the spigot on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPs) in 1977, they thought it would run for about 30 years. But with its 31st anniversary approaching in June, the pipeline is supposedly primed for another 30 years.
As producers continue to find ways to squeeze more oil from the frozen North Slope, a […]

Another day, another oil spill, this time on an Alaskan pipeline.
Alaska officials are investigating the cause of a pipeline rupture on the North Slope earlier this week that they say could be a sign of more widespread corrosion problems at the state’s aging fields.

Can nothing go right for BP? Yesterday the company said it will shut down production of 100,000 barrels of Alaskan oil for a few days, after discovering yet another leaky pipe at a processing facility.
Some 400,000 barrels of oil a day are pumped at Prudhoe Bay, and BP has a 25 percent stake in the […]

So BP is meant to have entered a new era with its new CEO Tony Hayward. But where was Hayward until recently? He was in charge of BP’s exploration and production division.
He was in charge of the company’s Alaskan operations that have been plagued by problems of cost cutting and corrosion. Well now US congressmen […]

The concept of huge gas pipeline that snakes all the way from Alaska’s North Slope across Canada to the lower American states draws closer to being a reality. Alaska’s new Governor Sarah Palin, has announced that she will submit her natural gas pipeline legislation within two weeks.
Anyone interested in building the line will have to […]