Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.

• Position: Inside Alaska Business - Brief article

The volume of oil moved through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System increased in 2016, the first calendar year-over-year increase since 2002. This is welcomed news for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, TAPS' operator. In 2015, the pipeline moved 185,582,715 barrels and averaged 508,446 barrels per day. The predicted total amount moved in 2016 is around 517,500 barrels a day--a 1.8 percent increase.

Entering its 40th year of operations, the pipeline has mostly reported annual throughput declines since its peak flow of 2 million barrels a day in 1988. The only exceptions were slight year-to-year increases noted in 1991 and 2002. Alyeska employees for years have worked to anticipate and respond to escalating...