Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System first load of oil from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. When the TAPS group initially proposed the pipeline in 1969, the proposed cost was $900 million, and the pipeline would be completed by 1972. By January 1970, the projected cost had risen from $900 million to $2 billion. In October 1973, Alyeska further refined its figures and anticipated a cost of between $3.1 billion and $3.5 billion, with the potential for a billion more. One year later, Alyeska released its most detailed cost estimate to that point: $5.982 billion. By June 1975, that figure had again risen to $6.4 billion. At
Mountain Valley Pipeline this pipeline via news interviews and grassroots movements. Mountain Valley Pipeline officials have repeatedly emphasized their dedication to the safe construction and operation of the pipeline. According to the United States Department of Transportation, transport of natural gas through a pipeline is the safest delivery system for any form of energy. The pipeline has determined to be providing 2 Bcf of natural gas daily to provide many markets and commercial building across the mid to south Atlantic areas. Additionally, the pipeline would be regulated by the United States Natural Gas Act, federal and state level ordinances will dictate the construction