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Crews remove snow from damaged Alaska pipeline oil tanks

Workers at the end point of the trans-Alaska pipeline are using saws to cut up large chunks of snow on top of oil storage tanks so they can shove the chunks off the tanks

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022

Snow pileup damages Alaska pipeline company’s massive Valdez oil tanks

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The company that owns the trans-Alaska pipeline has called in backup crews to contend with massive amounts of snow piled on top of its oil storage tanks in Valdez, which has damaged infrastructure and vented petroleum vapors to the environment in what state regulators say are violations…

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022