Trans-Alaska Pipeline System too risky. A pipeline was thus the only viable system for transporting the oil to the nearest port free of pack-ice, almost 800 miles (1,300 km) away at Valdez. In February 1969, before the SS Manhattan had even sailed from its East Coast starting point, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), an unincorporated joint group created by ARCO, British Petroleum, and Humble Oil in October 1968, asked for permission from the United States Department of the Interior to begin geological and engineering studies of a proposed oil pipeline route from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, across Alaska. Even before the first feasibility
Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System Warri Gas Treatment Plant to Egbin tee at PS4 near Lagos is 36 inches. The diameter of the section from Escravos to Warri and from Egbin Tee to Alagbado Tee at PS5 is 24 inches. The capacity of the pipeline is 800 MMsfd do not meet expected gas consumption demand. By 24 inches tee in Itoki: By tee to Oben - Geregu pipeline ELPS can supply also Geregu I and II power stations and Ajaokuta steel mills ELPS carry also a volume of 170MMscfd for West African Gas Pipeline. Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System The Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) is a natural