Alaska pipeline - cold case study
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- Created on: 02-04-15 17:36
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- North Slope Alaska
- Huge reserve of oil was found in Alaska in 1968
- Decision had to be made as to how to export the oil from such a harsh environment.
- The Beaufort Sea was frozen for much of the year.
- Needed to get the oil to the nearest ice-free port which was Valdez on the south coast.
- Conservationists were against the construction because of important wildlife areas and the threat of spillage and disturbance.
- The building of the pipeline was an engineering challenge with two main mountain ranges
- the Brooks (1460m)
- Alaska, to cross - over 350 streams and rivers.
- It was decided to build a 1300km pipeline to connect the oilfield to the port.
- Huge reserve of oil was found in Alaska in 1968
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