Pumping Stations at Work: Trans-Alaska Pipeline Traveling a distance of more than 800 miles, the Trans-Alaska pipeline transports oil produced on the North Slope's Prudhoe Bay to the Port of ...

This gives Alaskan Natives time to settle outstanding ... June 20: The first oil flows from Pump Station 1 down the pipeline. July 28: The first oil reaches the Valdez Marine Terminal.

The answers are always different. In 30 years of operation the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System has had its share of mishaps. A pump station blew up in 1977, spilling 300 barrels of oil. In 2001 a man ...