World & Nation
Shipping: Condemned oil vessel breaks free of tug. There’s a slight chance it will hit land.
Nov. 23, 2001
After struggling for three days against 30-foot storm swells and winds of more than 50 mph, salvage workers succeeded Friday in attaching a rope to a drifting crude oil tanker and began towing it.
Nov. 24, 2001
A loaded oil tanker that lost all power near where the Exxon Valdez ran aground off Alaska was repaired and allowed to continue its journey south, the Coast Guard reported.
Sept. 22, 1989
Travel & Experiences
The Dalton highway runs through a landscape of stark beauty up into the Arctic Circle, and land’s end.
Aug. 5, 2007
The 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which carries about 25% of the nation’s oil supply, has suffered from safety and environmental problems because of inadequate oversight by state and federal regulators, according to a General Accounting Office report scheduled for release today.
Aug. 5, 1991
Although oil executives once swore that it wouldn’t happen, corrosion is eating through critical sections of the 800-mile-long Trans Alaska Pipeline, threatening its structural integrity and forcing an expensive and unprecedented crash program of repairs.
Feb. 4, 1990
The Dalton highway runs from the heart of Alaska north through a landscape of stark and spartan intrigue to the Arctic Circle.
Alaska’s big haul: the Dalton Highway
April 15, 2010
With the giant Prudhoe Bay oil field past its production peak, the operator of the Trans-Alaska pipeline says some operations may soon have to shut down to accommodate a smaller oil flow.
Aug. 15, 1991
The cost of repairing or replacing corroded sections of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline will top $1 billion, a figure far above the highest estimate offered by the industry group operating the 800-mile system, Alaska’s pipeline coordinator said Thursday.
March 30, 1990