Alaska Pipeline Origin (Prudhoe Bay)

Name:	Alaska Pipeline Origin (Prudhoe Bay)
Category:	Industrial
Archive ID#:	AK3138
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Description:	The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline was completed in 1977 at a cost of $8 billion. It is 48" in diameter and 800 miles long, connecting the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay and the surrounding North Slope, to the port at Valdez. The capacity of the pipe is around two million barrels per day. With an estimated 10 billion barrels of crude (though 80% has now been extracted), the oilfields of Prudhoe Bay are the largest in North America. The "town" of Prudhoe Bay has around 50 residents, mostly workers for the pipeline terminal.
Location:	400 miles N of Fairbanks, in Prudhoe Bay (POINT(-148.53721618652 70.379064483409)) (show on map)
Address:	AK North Slope County
Visitor Info:	The Dalton Highway roughly parallels the pipeline from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay, and is passable for ordinary cars during the summer.
Links:	http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/ http://www.prudhoebay.com/
LCS:	Industrial
tag:	Petrochmemical Pipeline
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