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This decal was issued in honor of the SERVS Team reaching 1 million accident free hours.
The decal also names some of the key members of the SERVS Team at that time: Alyeska (Alyeska Pipeline Service Co), Crowley (Crowley Marine Services, Inc). Price/Ahtna (Price/Ahtna Joint Venture), TCC (Tatitlek Chenega Chugach), and Tidewater (Tidewater, Inc)
2″ diameter [BFH]
Decal issued to celebrate the arrival of the 2 billionth barrel of oil at the Valdez Terminal on Nov 10, 1981.
November 10, 1981 [DAJ]
Decal issued to celebrate the arrival of the 3 billionth barrel of oil at the Valdez Terminal on July 21, 1983.
July 21, 1983 [DAJ]
This decal was issued for a big BWT (Ballast Water Treatment) upgrade in the ’90s. Originally, all oil tankers took on sea water in their crude oil tanks as ballast to help stabilize them for safer riding in rough seas. Upon arriving in Valdez, they send the now oily ballast water to the BWT facility, which also received any other oily waste water from terminal activities. BWT first separated out any crude oil and then treated the remaining wastewater.
As newer oil tankers begin using segregated tanks for ballast water rather than their crude oil tanks, BWT activity dropped dramatically, and required major design changes to function effectively at these lower levels
“No BETX” means “No Benzene, Ethyl-benzene, Toluene, and Xylen,” aromatic hydrocarbons that could be released into the air if special precautions are not taken.
[DAJ]
MP 200 was an $27 million project done in the winter of 1985 after a small “wrinkle” caused by settlement under the pipe at the Dietrich River was detected by a C/D (corrosion and deformation) pig. While temporarily redirecting the river channel, about 4,000 feet of pipe was rerouted and 404.67′ of additional pipe was added. The project was completed on April 22, 1985. This may have been the last major project 100% done with in-house engineering and drafting at Alyeska’s Bragaw St. facilities.
Related: On Jan. 6, 1985, DRA injection was initiated at MP 203 to support the reroute project. It remained in place until Oct. 3, 1991 when it was removed due to declining throughput. DRA refers to Drag Reduction Agent. Looking like a golden syrup, DRA is a long chain hydrocarbon injected into the oil pipeline that reduces friction due to turbulence. This reduction in friction was very important in earlier high production times as it allowed us to increase through-put beyond the rates our pumps could achieve.
[DAJ]
Decal honoring the 10 billionth barrel of oil arriving in Valdez.
(The was March 5, 1994 according to the Alyeska Fact Book.)
March, 1994 [JEF]
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Decal to celebrate the loading of 10,000 tankers at the Valdez Marine Terminal.
September 1990 [JEF]
Decal celebrating the 9 billionth barrel of crude oil at the Valdez Marine Terminal
(Note: this was just a couple weeks after the 15th anniversary of TAPS operations, June 20.)
July 2, 1992 [JEF]
Decal to celebrate the arrival of 8 Billion Barrels of oil at the Valdez Marine Terminal[
[Note: The Alyeska Fact Book lists the actual 8 billionth barrels date as January 1, 1991. I think the decals were made in advance, based on projections, but a short delay occurred – LNM]
December 1990 [JEF]
Decal celebrating the 13,000th tanker to load at VMT.
June 12, 1994 [JEF]
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