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The latest news about the safe transportation of oil in Prince William Sound

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The Council’s publication, The Observer, is a free newsletter distributed throughout Prince William Sound, the northern Gulf of Alaska, lower Cook Inlet, and the Kodiak archipelago, as well as by request to interested citizens around the world, including regulators and industry.

The Observer covers the Council’s activities, developments in the oil transportation industry in Prince William Sound, including news about policies, regulations, operations at the Valdez Marine Terminal, oil spill prevention and response, effects of the oil industry on the environment, and other issues related to the safe transportation or oil through Prince William Sound. Major oil spill drills are covered, and Alyeska is invited to submit a column for each issue.

The latest articles from the Observer newsletter:

Two fishing vessels pull boom behind them. Each boat is attached to one end of the boom so that when they move forward, the boom forms a curve. In this first image, the boats are parallel with each other so that the boom is in the shape of the letter U.

Responders perform well overall in drills in 2024

Many of the drills and exercises conducted by the industry last year went well, according to the latest drill summary ...
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GAO report looks at Joint Pipeline Office

A new report from the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, examines the current status of the Joint Pipeline Office, or ...
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The image shows two photos. One is a distance shot of the storage tanks, which demonstrates how vast the tanks are. The second photo is a closeup of the vents, which are metal and stick up off of the top edge of the tanks.

Study estimates emissions from 2022 incident

A new Council report contains an estimate of crude oil vapors emitted during an incident at the Valdez Marine Terminal ...
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Pilot test evaluates testing methods for buried liners

Pilot test evaluates testing methods for buried liners

How do you detect damage underground? The Council, Alyeska, and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, or ADEC, have been ...
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Two years later: Has safety at Alyeska improved?

Alyeska’s response yields many improvements although concerns remain A 2023 Council report identified some serious safety risks at Alyeska’s Valdez ...
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Preventing oil spills requires strong safeguards, oversight, and information

Preventing oil spills requires strong safeguards, oversight, and information

I was reminded recently that when the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, or OPA 90, was voted on by Congress ...
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