The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Opens | On This Day
Bloomberg Televisionยท2025-07-28 22:50
All right. Let's take a look back at this day in history. July 28th, 1977 11:02 p.m. If you want to be precise. That's when oil pump from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope of Alaska completed an 800 mile journey through a new pipeline connecting export terminals on the state's southern coast.It was a slow journey that took 38 days, but one that would transform the U.S. oil sector over the next 48 years. Prudhoe Bay was the largest oil field in North America, but the ice caps over the Arctic, it prevented conta ...