45th anniversary of TAPS operations
Memories & Mileposts
MEMORIES & MILEPOSTS is a compilation of storytelling capturing 45 remarkable years of TAPS history. This series, which will release two-three stories a week through summer, contains content commemorating every year of operations since startup in 1977, blending the reflections and recollections from dozens of employees, past and present, with some of the pipeline’s most notable milestones and achievements.
Pipeline
People
1978: Jeff Streit, ‘A journey, never a job.’
1982: Ron Robinson
1986: Richelle Talvi
1987: Janette Fuller
2003: James “Jim” Foster
2008: Michelle Egan
2019: Chip Conroy
TAPS in History
1977: June 20, TAPS startup (video)
1980: Yukon River bridge (video)
1981: Kuparuk River unit comes online
1983: A bird’s-eye view of the Valdez Marine Terminal
1990: Oil Pollution Act: The Global Standard for Oil Spill Prevention and Response
Overcoming Challenges
2002: Denali Fault earthquake
2006: An oral history of the ‘Great Flood’
2011: “No one got in our way”: A Retrospective on the Pump Station 1 Leak and Shutdown
2020: Hiring on at Alyeska during COVID