TRANS ALASKA PIPELINE SYSTEM (TAPS) The pipe dream lives on at Prudhoe Bay:  The Trans-Alaska Pipeline turned 40 years old last month. US NEWS & WORLD REPORT:  ConocoPhillips is preparing to fully shut down its Kenai liquefied natural gas plant while it continues to find a buyer for it. ConocoPhillips spokeswoman Amy Burnett said Wednesday that the company is preparing to put the plant into long-term shutdown mode this fall, The Alaska Journal of Commerce reported (http://bit.ly/2tWS738 ). The closure will focus on preserving the plant [...]