While Fairbanks' -- And All Of Alaska's -- Economy Approaches Catastrophe, Fairbanks Senator Joe Paskvan (NGP Photo),  Resists Efforts to Change Production Tax to Fill Pipeline Lifeline.  (-dh comment) Petroleum News  Alan Baily and Kristen Nelson.  In February Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. President Tom Barrett told the Alaska House Resources Committee that the trans-Alaska oil pipeline system, known as TAPS, had come close to the brink of a major outage when forced into a winter shutdown following an oil leak in January at pump station one, at.... On March 31 the Anchorage [...]