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The 800-mile-long Trans Alaska Pipeline System is one of the largest pipeline systems in the world. Starting in Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s North Slope, TAPS stretches through rugged and beautiful terrain to Valdez, the northernmost ice-free port in North America. Since pipeline startup in 1977, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, TAPS' operator, has successfully transported more than 15 billion barrels of oil.

TAPS Pipeline Reliability
June

97.34% 

Year to Date

99.58% 

There was one proration during June which impacted the reliability factor; a scheduled pipeline shutdown on June 28-29 resulted in 547,706 barrels deferred.
Barrels Pumped from Pump Station 1
June

20,038,503 BBLS * 

Average

667,950 BPD ** 

Year to Date

130,501,715 BBLS * 

YTD Average

 717,042 BPD ** 

* BBLS (Barrels) = 42 Gallons    ** BPD = Barrels Per Day

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Rocking the boat: Technician's kayak commute makes waves
Most Valdez-based employees drive 20 minutes to get from town to the Valdez Marine Terminal. Technician Mike Buck decided on a different route, and it's saving him gas money and giving him a great workout. Story | Video
   
Pump Station 9 control room spends nights alone, marking milestone
Earlier this month at a weekly pipeline department staff meeting, Pipeline Manager John Baldridge announced that a “major milestone” had been reached in the Strategic Reconfiguration (SR) process. Story
   
Employee profile: Julia Redington, Project Manager
Julia Redington grew up dog mushing in Alaska and attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Today, this civil engineering grad works as a Project Manager in Alyeska's Anchorage office. Story
 
   
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