Alaska Pipeline
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 The 800-mile-long,
48-inch-diameter trans- Alaska oil pipeline parallels the
Richardson Highway through the Delta Junction area on its way to the Port
of Valdez. The line is underground where it crosses the
Alaska Highway about half a mile southeast of the center
of Delta Junction. At Big Delta, the oil pipeline crosses
the Tanana River on a cable suspension bridge (see photo below).About seven miles south of Delta Junction, on the Richardson Highway, is pump Station No.9, one of 10 pump stations on the trans Alaska pipeline operated by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company for the major oil companies who own the oil being transported to Valdez, on Prince William Sound.
Other pipelines have come through Delta in the past. Only one is operating today.
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Inside the Pump Building portion of
the station, there are three United 16X22 pumps putting
through about 1.6 million barrels of North Slope crude
oil a day. This makes up about 20 per cent of the
domestically produced crude oil, or about 10 per cent of
the total consumption of the United States. The pumps
are driven by Rolls-Royce Avon gas turbines through a
reaction turbine coupling. The pumps require 13,500
horsepower each to move the crude oil through at this
rate. None of the oil transported by the trans Alaska
pipeline is exported to foreign countries. Most of the
oil ends up at East or Gulf Coast refineries.
Twenty-two Alyeska technicians and
supervisors, local residents, work here - 7 days on and 7
days off, 12 hours a day. Also at Pump Station 9 is a
Civil Maintenance Contractor crew, totaling 10 people,
assigned to oil spill initial response and line
maintenance.