Dean Pasquali |
Great information and well put together.
ROBERT SPEARS |
Excellent summary. Realistically covers the technical, political and economic factors affecting large engineering projects. Obviously written by someone who didn't just research it, but lived through the experience.
Timothy Bond |
Course document is poorly written and does not present any significant detail on the engineering aspects or challenges of the design. It often repeats itself with unnecessary "facts and tidbits" and appears like the writer was trying to meet a word quota instead of delivering quality, relevant information pertinent to the engineering profession. I would not recommend this course.
Floyd Webb |
This was a very interesting article. My company just purchased the Prudhoe Bay system and part of TAPS.
Peter Marshall |
Great review of a mega-project!
Tyler G. Hicks |
Interesting and enlightening course, weaving environmental issues in with hardcore engineering challenges.
Christopher Cockshaw |
interesting story but it seems to largely ignore the ethical issues associated with the welding.
Aaron Purdue |
Enjoyed the combination of history lesson and engineering obstacles encountered
Jason Curley |
very interesting and informative
James Solich |
Could use proofing of the text.
David Friedman |
Well written & nicely researched. Exciting read & learned the interesting backstory of the pipeline.
Glen Pomeroy |
The history is confused using current names of owner companies after mergers not the names of the companies as they were in 1968. All 12 of the pump stations would have been required for the 2.0 mmbpd flow. The development of Drag reducing agents after the PS8 fire allowed the hydraulic profile to be changed to the point where PS 5 was only needed for relief tanks and drain-down capacity for Atigun Pass. No pumps were required at PS5 and PS11 was not required at all. All of the pumps were required at each of the operating stations when throughput was at peak. There was no spare capacity at that time. Only when throughput reduced did pumps become spare at the pump stations. There were many more engineering firsts with TAPS. The synthetic oil for turbines was developed for arctic use which was the for runner to Moble One. Heat pipes to seasonally refreeze permafrost, and refrigeration of pump station foundations. Each pump station was a full off the grid camp with power, water, waste treatment, fuel, maintenance, and power.
William Heard |
Very informative subject.