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• Pipeline diameter
increased
– Wildlife
The Office of Pipeline Safety
• Part of U.S. DOT
• Establishes and monitors pipeline activities as
they relate leakage from oil pipelines.
• Each carrier develops oil spill response plans
for onshore pipelines.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
• FERC
• Operate under The Interstate Commerce Act
and regulates the rates and practices of oil
pipeline companies engaged in interstate
transportation.
• Establish “just and reasonable” rates to
encourage maximum use of oil pipelines
• Prevent discrimination and ensuring shippers
equal access to pipeline transportation
Natural Gas
• Another type of
pipeline
• Usually underground
• Uses compressors for
movement
Natural Gas Pipeline Network
The Alaska Pipeline
The Alaska Pipeline
• Built after oil was
discovered on the North
Slope of Alaska in 1968.
• $8 billion to construct can
handle up to 2 million
barrels of oil per day.
• 800 miles long and
completed in 1977.
• ½ inch thick steel, 48 inch
diameter pipe, 4 inches of
fiberglass insulation
The Alaska Pipeline
• 10 pump stations, flows at 5 to 7 mph, 8 days to travel
800 miles from Arctic Ocean to Valdez where it’s
transferred to oil tankers.
• Temperature
– Oil is pumped from depths of several thousand feet at 160
to 180⁰F
– Heat exchangers cool oil to 120⁰F when it enters the
pipeline
– At 120⁰F the pipe would be hot enough to melt the
permafrost. To prevent melting, the pipeline was
constructed above ground (about 400 miles)
– Insulation keeps the temperature of oil nearly constant.
Keystone XL Pipeline Project ?
• Originally proposed by TransCanada
• 1,897 km (1,179 mile) from Canada boarder to
connect to an existing pipeline in Steele City,
Nebraska
• Expected to provide 5% of US
petroleum consumption needs
and represent 9% of US petroleum
imports
• Volume of Keystone XL is
equal to a train 25 miles long
transporting everyday
Keystone XL Pipeline Project
• Required capacity to meet demands is 1.1 million
barrels per day
• An import line to US refineries
• Will create about 20,000 construction and
manufacturing jobs
• Generate more than $585 million in new taxes for
states and communities along pipeline route
• Strengthen America’s energy security by
increasing supply of safe, secure, and reliable oil
from Canada and American oil fields
Kentucky’s Pipelines
• 2 million miles in US
– 25,394 miles in Kentucky
• 861 miles for hazardous liquids
– Gasoline
– Diesel
– Jet fuel