Alaska Pipeline Is Wounded – Alaska Pipeline Shipping Rates Too Low?
ADN by Lisa Demer. The shutdown of the 800-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline continued for a second day Sunday as engineers and regulators worked on how to safely get oil flowing again in the dead of winter. ADN, from PNA by Eric Lidji (NGP Photo-r). Exxon Mobil has asked state regulators to increase the rate it charges to ship oil on the trans-Alaska oil pipeline to in-state destinations by about 22 percent. Alaska Dispatch by Frank Murkowski (NGP Photo-l). I recently wrote an article describing why ACES, Alaska's oil tax system, needs to [...]