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Trans Alaska Pipeline System

Pipelines International — June 2010 Oil flowed through the 1,287 km Trans Alaska Pipeline System for the first time on 20 June 1977. For the three years prior, following approval of the Trans Alaska Pipeline Authorisation Act in 1974, more than 70,000 people worked to construct the pipeline. Over 30 years on, Pipelines International looks into the history of this feat of engineering over the harsh conditions.

PLUTO Pipeline

Pipelines International — March 2010 The code name ‘PLUTO’ was coined from the initial letters of ‘Pipe Line Under The Ocean’, and referred to the operation of laying subsea pipelines across the English Channel and supplying petrol to the Allied Armies for their advance across France and Belgium into Germany during World War II.

Druzhba Pipeline

Pipelines International — September 2009 Each edition, Pipelines International will take a look at important projects constructed throughout history, starting with the Druzhba Pipeline. Known as the largest and most prominent oil pipeline in the world, the Druzhba Pipeline remains a leading service for the transportation of oil to European countries, being in operation since 1962.

1991 – 1992: Building the Kutubu Oil Pipeline in PNG

Pipelines International — Archive Construction of the Kutubu Petroleum Development Project Export System, in Papua New Guinea (PNG), was truly an international project, with work carried in many parts of the world.