Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Essays

Introduction Chirp! Cries a gleeful river otter as it slides down a muddy slope into the water. The river otter belongs to the weasel family, with its North American relatives that include the mink, fisher, ermine, badger, wolverine, skunk, and the marten. The typical male river is about three feet long and weighs about eighteen pounds. They are even similar to their cousin, the skunks, that spray a “musk” from two glands under their tail. However the “musk” doesn’t stink, in fact it smells sweet

Alaska, located from the northwest of Canada, supplies oil to America via the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline system. Though its oil industry has brought about huge economic growth in the state, it has also largely suffered because of the environmental issues that had resulted from its oil industry. Alaska benefits from the demand for consumption of energy, yet suffers at the same time from supply energy. This essay will firstly highlight the social issues brought about by the oil industry in Alaska. Next

Introduction Crude oil from Alaska North Slope located in Prudhoe Bay field lies 800 miles south through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to the port of Valdez, where super tankers transfer oil from the Alyeska Pipeline Terminal through Prince William Sound (PWS) and the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). March 24, 1989, the 987-foot tanker, Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in PWS, Alaska. It was the largest oil spill in U.S. history at that time. The oil slick spread thousands of square miles onto beaches in PWS affecting

Biologist, Ph.D. Anchorage, Alaska-- On March 24, 1989, the oil freighter Exxon Valdez entered Alaska's Prince William Sound, a sound off the Gulf of Alaska, after leaving the Valdez Marine Terminal filled with crude oil. At exactly 12:04 am, the oil tanker crashed into a reef, piercing the hull open and releasing 11 million gallons, 41 639 530 liters, of oil into the surrounding marine environment. Emergency responses by the oil company, Exxon, and the Alyeska Pipeline Company were very insufficient