The Frozen Frontier Pipeline System - The Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline Documentary

The Trans-Alaska Pipe System (WATER FAUCETS) consists of the trans-Alaska crude-oil pipeline, 12 pump stations, several hundred miles of feeder pipes, and the Valdez Marine Terminal. FAUCETS is one of the world's biggest pipe systems. It is commonly called the Alaska pipe, trans-Alaska pipe, or Alyeska pipeline, (or the pipe as meansed in Alaska), yet those terms technically apply simply to the 800 miles (1,287 km) of the pipeline with the diameter of 48 inches (122 centimeters) that shares oil from Prudhoe Bay, to Valdez, Alaska. The petroleum pipe is independently possessed by the Alyeska Pipe Solution Firm.
The pipeline was developed in between 1974 and 1977 after the 1973 oil crisis created a sharp surge in oil costs in the United States. This increase made expedition of the Prudhoe Bay oil industry financially viable. Environmental, lawful, and political arguments followed the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay in 1968, as well as the pipe was developed just after the oil crisis prompted the passage of regulations designed to remove legal obstacles to the project.
The activity of building the pipeline needed to attend to a large variety of difficulties, stemming mainly from the extreme chilly as well as the hard, separated landscapes. The construction of the pipeline was just one of the first massive projects to handle issues triggered by permafrost, as well as unique building techniques needed to be developed to deal with the icy ground. The project brought in 10s of thousands of employees to Alaska, creating a boomtown atmosphere in Valdez, Fairbanks, as well as Anchorage.