Sentences with phrase «alaskan oil pipeline»

Much of the Alaskan oil pipeline is anchored in permafrost soils.

It's been done that way for years with great success in Alaska, where all residents receive an annual check in compensation for the impact the Alaskan oil pipeline has on the state.

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UAF has worked extensively with both institutional and commercial partners in Alaska and in recent years, using drones to monitor sea lion populations in the Aleutian Islands, conduct ice flow and environmental surveying missions for NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, inspect pipelines for oil and gas giant BP and assist a Russian tanker during a dangerous late - season fuel delivery to the remote Alaskan outpost of Nome.

Oil companies wanted the Alaskan pipeline built.

Almost a year after the refinery explosion, technicians discovered that some 4,800 barrels of oil had spread into the Alaskan snow through a tiny hole in the company's pipeline in Prudhoe Bay.

For each barrel of crude oil produced by that method, around 1200 cubic feet of gas must be burned — and that's the entire purpose of the Alaskan natural gas pipeline.

After the oil embargo, and because of the public outcry for energy independence, opposition to the Alaskan pipeline weakened, giving Nixon the support he needed.