Comments on: BP Shuts Down Alaska Pipeline http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/726 two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of miles Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:41:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dan http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/726#comment-5489 Dan Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:00:09 +0000 http://necessaryroughness.org/?p=726#comment-5489 It looks like I've read too much into the story. AFP: "World crude prices spiked to nearly record high points in London after the BP oil major began closing <em>production</em> from a key oil field in Alaska because of a pipeline spill." AP: "Oil giant BP (BP) has shut down the <em>biggest oil field</em> in the U.S. to replace a corroded piece of pipeline that is leaking. " AP: "BP PLC said it will have to replace most of the 22 miles of <em>so-called transit pipeline at Prudhoe Bay</em>, which produces about 2.6% of the nation's daily supply including imports, or about 400,000 barrels a day." As RandomDan said, the 800-mile Alaska pipeline isn't down, but some of the pipeline from Prudhoe Bay that feeds the Trans-Alaska is. They don't have to shut down the T.A.P. They do have to use the individual shut-off valves because the corrosion problem is in that many lines. My apologies. That's why I link to the articles. ;) It looks like I’ve read too much into the story.

AFP: “World crude prices spiked to nearly record high points in London after the BP oil major began closing production from a key oil field in Alaska because of a pipeline spill.”

AP: “Oil giant BP (BP) has shut down the biggest oil field in the U.S. to replace a corroded piece of pipeline that is leaking. ”

AP: “BP PLC said it will have to replace most of the 22 miles of so-called transit pipeline at Prudhoe Bay, which produces about 2.6% of the nation’s daily supply including imports, or about 400,000 barrels a day.”

As RandomDan said, the 800-mile Alaska pipeline isn’t down, but some of the pipeline from Prudhoe Bay that feeds the Trans-Alaska is. They don’t have to shut down the T.A.P. They do have to use the individual shut-off valves because the corrosion problem is in that many lines.

My apologies. That’s why I link to the articles. ;)

]]> By: amaim http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/726#comment-5487 amaim Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:47:57 +0000 http://necessaryroughness.org/?p=726#comment-5487 It still does not make sense to me. If the leaks are in feeder pipelines from individual groups of wells why do they have to shut down entire pipeline?. It does NOT make sense to me that the indiviual pipelines would not have individual shut-off valves to the pipeline. If the corrosion problems is in the valves BP screwed up royally in the design specs. amaim It still does not make sense to me.
If the leaks are in feeder pipelines from individual groups of wells why do they have to shut down entire pipeline?.
It does NOT make sense to me that the indiviual pipelines would not have individual shut-off valves to the pipeline.
If the corrosion problems is in the valves BP screwed up royally in the design specs.
amaim

]]> By: Dan http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/726#comment-5476 Dan Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:54:59 +0000 http://necessaryroughness.org/?p=726#comment-5476 Okay, that makes more sense. Thanks for the knowledge. Okay, that makes more sense. Thanks for the knowledge.

]]> By: RandomDan http://necessaryroughness.org/archives/726#comment-5466 RandomDan Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:30:42 +0000 http://necessaryroughness.org/?p=726#comment-5466 It's not the Alaska pipeline itself that is corroded (it is maintained better than most roads in Alaska) but the pipelines from the individual wells in Prudoe Bay that feed the Alaska pipeline that corroded. Aleyeska is not at fault for this because BP owns the feeder lines. It’s not the Alaska pipeline itself that is corroded (it is maintained better than most roads in Alaska) but the pipelines from the individual wells in Prudoe Bay that feed the Alaska pipeline that corroded. Aleyeska is not at fault for this because BP owns the feeder lines.

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