Summary

Trans-Alaska Pipeline: Ensuring the Pipeline's Security

RCED-92-58BR  November 27, 1991

Full Report (PDF, 17 pages)   

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is responsible for transporting nearly a quarter of the nation's domestically produced crude oil. This report reviews the security of the pipeline. It discusses (1) what federal and state agencies have done to assess the vulnerability of the pipeline to terrorists and (2) what these agencies and the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company have done to protect the pipeline.

Subject Terms

Assets
Crude oil pipeline operations
Facility security
Federal/state relations
Interagency relations
Terrorists
National defense operations
Sabotage
Terrorism
Alaska
Desert Shield
Desert Storm
DOD Key Assets Protection Program
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System