Oil flowing through Trans-Alaska Pipeline again

Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.       started on Tuesday to keep
says oil has begun flowing         ice from forming in the pipe,
through the Trans-Alaska           and shut down again Saturday
Pipeline again, after it was       for the bypass line's
shut down due to a leak at         installation.
Pump Station 1 on Jan. 8, and      A release from the company
while a bypass line was            says flow started up again at
installed over the weekend.        around 10:20 a.m. Monday. The
The 157-foot bypass line was       company is hoping to get 500,
constructed in Fairbanks and       000 barrels through the line
installed over the weekend.        in the first 24 hours.
The line was initially re-         

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