State and federal regulators are closely monitoring conditions at the Trans Alaska Pipeline System following the discovery of a leak and a pair of shutdowns at Booster Pump Station 1. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, the pipeline operator, says engineers this week re-started the 800-mile pipeline for a second time since the leak was located in the basement of the facility January 8.
“The leak was discovered by one of the personnel during routine surveillance of the system,” says company spokesman Matt Carle. “The crews installed a 157-ft bypass line that allowed us to move the oil without impacting the area where the leak first appeared.”