ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alyeska Pipeline Service is supporting ongoing spill response activities in the Gulf of Mexico, committing more than 70,000 gallons of dispersant and sending an employee who specializes in environmental regulations and contingency planning.

Anthony Parkin, Alyeska Contingency Plan Coordinator, is on scene in Louisiana, working in the planning section of BP's Incident Command System. Parkin, who normally works out of Valdez, is helping develop trajectory information on the spill, which will ultimately go toward developing strategies to minimize the spill's impact on the environment.

Alaska and federal regulators have also allowed Alyeska to immediately release a significant portion of its dispersant stockpile to BP so that BP can deliver the dispersant to the Gulf via air cargo.

“There is a balance we have to consider to ensure we remain in compliance with our own contingency plans in Prince William Sound,” said Kathy Zinn, Senior Director of Valdez Operations for Alyeska. “But we’re in a fortunate position where we had resources available in the form of people and equipment so that we could help during this situation.”

About Alyeska

Alyeska operates the 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), which runs from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope south to the Port of Valdez, the northernmost ice-free port in the United States. The pipeline crosses three mountain ranges and 34 major rivers and streams. Alyeska operates out of Anchorage, Fairbanks and Valdez and at various facilities along the line. Alyeska was created to construct, operate, and maintain TAPS for the owner companies. The current TAPS owners are BP Pipelines (Alaska), ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska, ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, Unocal Pipeline Company, and Koch Alaska Pipeline Company.
 

For more information on Alyeska, visit the company’s website at www.alyeska-pipe.com.