JOINT PIPELINE OFFICE

Weekly Report 5/11/05

For additional information contact Rhea DoBosh at (907) phone 257-1338, fax 646-5014

 

 

JPO Oversight of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) – Compliance Monitoring/Surveillances: 

Surveillances –

                Mainline integrity investigation Pipeline Milepost 211.12.  Ref FBU-05-S-070 – 072, 076

                Mainline integrity investigation Pipeline Milepost 215.59.  Ref FBU-05-S-078

                Tanana River bank stabilization.  Ref FBU-05-S-080 – 082

                Section 29, Alaska Native Utilization Agreement recruiting.  Ref FBU-05-S-087

 

Exercises –

                Staff observed a “source control” exercise using the hydraulic clamp as well as the source control training held in preparation of the exercise.  The clamp resulted from recommendations for improvement after the Milepost 400 bullet hole incident in 2001.  A portable pipeline was set up to a small bladder farm to demonstrate the ability to control the evacuation of crude oil from the line.  Supporting equipment included fire foam skids and appropriate personal protection.           

                Staff also observed a live fire session at the Fairbanks International Airport.

                                               

TAPS Strategic Reconfiguration (SR) –

Surveillances –

                Concrete grout strength for Pump Station (PS) 5 pilings. Reference FBU-05-S-073

                Verify work site safety associated with pilings for new modules.  Ref FBU-05-S-061

                Aerial surveillance of right-of-way north of PS 3.  Ref FBU-04-S-068

                Aerial surveillance of right-of-way north of PS 4.  Ref FBU-04-S-074

                Aerial surveillance of right-of-way north of PS 5.  Ref FBU-05-S-075

                Environmental issues associated with PS 4 piling work.  Ref FBU-05-S-069

                Environmental issues associated with PS 9 piling work.  Ref FBU-05-S-085

                Site specific safety plan for PS 9 piling installation.  Ref FBU-05-S-086

 

Mainline pump motor testing for SR –

                Staff from the JPO observed the factory testing of the new variable speed 6500 HP motors which will drive the pipeline pumps at Pump Stations 1, 3, 4, and 9.  These pumps and motors will move the oil through the pipeline after the strategic reconfiguration; they will replace the existing turbine driven pumps.

                The motors were tested to insure safe operation in the new pump buildings which could contain farmable gases or vapors during abnormal or upset conditions.  The motors passed the tests with substantial margin; there were no outstanding issues from these tests.

                The motor will now be completed and shipped to the pump manufacturer in Oregon for testing with the mainline pumps. 

                               

SR Notice to Proceed Reviews are being performed -

                 PS 1 Piling

                PS  4 inside work – existing buildings

                State fire safety regulations - PS 1, 3, and 4 cyclone turbine generator buildings and turbine generator installation

                State fire safety regulations – PS 4 module installation and tie-in

                Combustion gas turbine & electrical generator

 

               

The State Gas Office: 

                The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA) application for a natural gas spur line from Glennallen to Palmer is available on-line at www.jpo.doi.gov. 

 

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                To receive weekly reports via e-mail, contact Rhea DoBosh at RDOBOSH@jpo.doi.gov.

 

               The Joint Pipeline Office is a consortium of six State and six Federal agencies with oversight responsibilities for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and other oil and gas pipelines in Alaska.  The JPO came into existence in 1990 and stemmed from a cooperative effort by the Bureau of Land Management and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.