TAPS construction required innovationsPermafrost was first challenge for line; Denali Fault section, designed to move vertically and laterally, withstood 2002 quake Tim Bradner For Petroleum News
Construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline system, TAPS, was an engineering and technical marvel, but it was also a challenge where oil companies and pipeline builders had to learn fast, adapting as they went.
Pipeline engineers understood how to build across central Texas or in Nebraska, but they di....
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Pipeliners were fast learners Denali Fault and the 2002 quake Mile 200 incident Post-construction innovations
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