SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) is an oil transportation system spanning Alaska, including the trans-Alaska crude-oil pipeline, 11 pump stations, several hundred miles of feeder pipelines, and the Valdez Marine Terminal. TAPS is one of the world’s largest pipeline systems.

Detailed explanation-2: -The crude oil that flows down the 800-mile pipeline is picked up by tankers in the port of Valdez. According to state officials, the bulk of the crude is transported to West Coast refineries. A group of oil companies paid for the pipeline to be built in the late 1970s at a cost of $8-billion.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Much of Alaska’s crude oil remains in-state and is refined into commercial and residential product used across the state. The remaining crude oil can be shipped elsewhere, such as refineries and other sources along the West Coast of the United States and around the world.”