Strategic
Reconfiguration Project Overview
What is Strategic Reconfiguration?
Strategic Reconfiguration is part of Alyeska's overall vision to renew
assets and its organization. Strategic
Reconfiguration began in 2001 and concentrates on reducing
physical infrastructure and simplifying operations and maintenance. The
program goal is to position TAPS for
more efficient operation while maintaining or enhancing safety,
operational integrity and environmental performance. The new system is
modular and scalable and will
provide more flexibility for future increases or decreases in
throughput. A more cost effective transportation system will better
position the North Slope for future exploration, development and
production. In 2006, a decision was made to focus on converting one
station at a time. Pump Station 9 near Delta Junction was selected as
the first station to upgrade. It will be followed by Pump Station 3,
Pump Station 4 and Pump Station 1.
Strategic
Reconfiguration News
Reconfigured pumps at PS 9 reach
one-year milestone
It has been over a year since
Alyeska started moving oil at Pump Station 9 with the new equipment
installed as part of Strategic Reconfiguration (SR). The SR project
involves installing electrically driven crude oil pumps at four critical
pump stations (1, 3, 4 and 9) combined with increased automation and
upgraded control systems - Published February 2008
Strategic
Reconfiguration work unfolding at Pump Station 3
Alyeska crews recently passed another Strategic Reconfiguration Project
milestone, with this summer’s startup of the 2.25 megawatt Diesel
Generator at Pump Station 3 (PS 3). The first fire of that generator at
9:15 a.m. on July 30 started the clock ticking, giving crews 270 days to
meet provisions for the pump station’s new air permit and separate the
station from the existing legacy equipment - Published September 2007
Alyeska Monthly Newsletter Stories
January/February 2006
Pump
Station Power Supply: Crews prepare to place cable, connect
electricity at reconfigured stations. For the past year workers have been
preparing Pump Stations 1, 3, 4 and 9 to receive new pumping systems and
operating equipment.
The New
TAPS - A Closer Look at Strategic Reconfiguration: As the Trans Alaska
Pipeline System undergoes a dramatic evolution process, this section of
the Alyeska Monthly will be dedicated to highlighting key components of
Strategic Reconfiguration. It is Alyeska's hope that the "The New TAPS"
will effectively inform readers of both recent and upcoming improvements
to the pipeline.
December 2005
Pump
Stations get new operating equipment: Alyeska’s strategic
reconfiguration project is upgrading the Trans Alaska Pipeline System
(TAPS) to reduce oil transportation costs and increase pipeline safety and
reliability. Construction crews spent the summer of 2005 preparing Pump
Stations 1, 3, 4 and 9 for new, electric-powered pump systems that must
come on-line before their old-style pump systems can be decommissioned and
removed.
August 2005
Alyeska work crews reconfigure Pump Station 12: Alyeska recently took
one of the TAPS pump stations permanently out of pumping operations
because the station was no longer needed to accommodate changing pipeline
throughput demands from North Slope production
July 2005
Oil stops for pump station upgrades: The Trans Alaska Pipeline System
(TAPS) shut down for almost 36 hours on June 19-20 while crews worked on a
variety of scheduled pipeline projects
June 2005
April 2005
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August 2003
Strategic Reconfiguration Fact Sheets
Project and Module Facts:
Project objectives and scope, aerial view of pump station with
illustration of new facilities, typical pump station schematic showing
electrical system, anatomy of a VFD and pump module, facts about modules
and engineered equipment. (Updated July 25, 2005)
Medium Voltage Electrical System:
( Interrelationship between switchgear, transformer, and variable
frequency drive. Updated May 31, 2005)
Electrical power and crude oil flow
schematic for typical pump station Poster (updated 6-16-05)
Crude Oil Pump System:
Interrelationship between electric motor, crude oil pump, and lubrication
and sump system. (Updated July 19, 2005)
Power Generation: Describes
power systems at electrified pump stations including primary, backup and
emergency power. (Updated September 1, 2005)
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