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Trans-Alaska Pipeline

Definitions

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  • noun an oil pipeline that runs 800 miles from wells at Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez

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Examples

  • This time, the leaks occurred on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which is managed by a BP-led consortium.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • What you probably haven't heard about is the determined environmental campaign, abetted by the Obama Administration, to shut down the 38-year-old Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

    Alaska's Ebbing Oil 2011

  • CRUDE: Oil futures settled higher Monday following the closure Saturday of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, a key route for delivery of oil from Alaska's North Slope where 9% of total U.S. crude is produced.

    Heat Wave Stokes Jump in Corn Tom Polansek 2011

  • Chevron spokesman Mickey Driver said there are no issues with crude oil supplies to its 243,000-barrels-a-day Richmond refinery in California, which takes deliveries from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline system.

    Alaskan Oil Could Flow Again Soon Isabel Ordonez 2011

  • Oil deliveries through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, suspended due to a leak, may restart by the end of the week.

    What's News: Business 2011

  • Meanwhile, the market braced for the weekend shutdown of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

    Crude Settles Above $91 Dan Strumpf 2011

  • Regarding your editorial " Ruby Red Tape " (op-ed, Aug. 16): It used to be that the greatest obstacle facing large construction projects in the U.S. were engineering challenges (think of the Golden Gate Bridge, Hoover Dam, Empire State Building, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, etc.)

    The Main Engineering Problems Used to Be Engineering 2011

  • NEW YORK — Crude futures settled higher Monday following the closure of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, a major route for oil delivery, igniting some worries about supply constraints.

    Oil Prices Rise Above $89 Jerry A. DiColo 2011

  • What you probably haven't heard about is the determined environmental campaign, abetted by the Obama Administration, to shut down the 38-year-old Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

    Alaska's Ebbing Oil 2011

  • The Trans-Alaska Pipeline system will likely restart before Friday, a person familiar with the operation said Monday.

    Alaskan Oil Could Flow Again Soon Isabel Ordonez 2011

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