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The Alaska gas pipeline is a joint project of TransCanada Corp. and ExxonMobil Corp. to develop a natural gas pipeline under the AGIA, a.k.a. the Alaska Gas Inducement Act, adopted by Alaska Legislature in 2007. [1] The project originally proposed two options during its open season offering over a three-month period from April 30 to July 30, 2010.
Alaska historian Terrence Cole Since the completion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System in 1977, the government of the state of Alaska has been reliant on taxes paid by oil producers and shippers. Prior to 1976, Alaska's personal income tax rate was 14.5 percent—the highest in the United States. The gross state product was $8 billion, and Alaskans earned $5 billion in personal income. Thirty ...
The state-led project calls for an 800-mile pipeline carrying natural gas from the North Slope so it can be liquefied in Southcentral Alaska and exported to Asian markets in oceangoing tankers.
The construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System included over 800 miles (1,300 km) of oil pipeline, 12 pump stations, and a new tanker port.Built largely on permafrost during 1975–77 between Prudhoe Bay and Valdez, Alaska, the $8 billion effort required tens of thousands of people, often working in extreme temperatures and conditions, the invention of specialized construction techniques ...
Congress created the Office in the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004. [1] The intent of that law is to help ease forward a multibillion-dollar Alaska natural gas pipeline project that would deliver North Slope gas to consumers in the 48 contiguous states. Congress directed the Office of the Federal Coordinator to expedite and coordinate ...
ANCHORAGE, AL — Liberty Project, a proposal by a subsidiary of Houston-based Hilcorp, would create an artificial gravel island that would hold production wells, a processing facility and the ...
Canol Project. The Canol Project was an oil pipeline project constructed during World War II to ensure a supply of oil for the defense of Alaska and the North American west coast. The project included a section of crude petroleum transport by barge, a refinery, and a 4 inch pipeline. It was completed in two years at great cost and was abandoned ...
The Agency was created in April 1978 with the proclamation of the Northern Pipeline Act to oversee the planning and construction of the Canadian section of the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline Project by the Foothills Group of Companies, now owned by TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. (TCPL). Its mandate is stated as follows: