<P> The Trans - Alaska Pipeline System ( TAPS ) includes the trans - Alaska crude - oil pipeline , 11 pump stations , several hundred miles of feeder pipelines , and the Valdez Marine Terminal . TAPS is one of the world 's largest pipeline systems . It is commonly called the Alaska pipeline , trans - Alaska pipeline , or Alyeska pipeline , ( or the pipeline as referred to in Alaska ) , but those terms technically apply only to the 800 miles ( 1,287 km ) of the pipeline with the diameter of 48 inches ( 122 cm ) that conveys oil from Prudhoe Bay , to Valdez , Alaska . The crude oil pipeline is privately owned by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company . </P>
<P> The Trans - Alaska Pipeline System ( TAPS ) includes the trans - Alaska crude - oil pipeline , 11 pump stations , several hundred miles of feeder pipelines , and the Valdez Marine Terminal . TAPS is one of the world 's largest pipeline systems . It is commonly called the Alaska pipeline , trans - Alaska pipeline , or Alyeska pipeline , ( or the pipeline as referred to in Alaska ) , but those terms technically apply only to the 800 miles ( 1,287 km ) of the pipeline with the diameter of 48 inches ( 122 cm ) that conveys oil from Prudhoe Bay , to Valdez , Alaska . The crude oil pipeline is privately owned by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company . </P>
where does the alaskan pipeline start and end
where does the alaskan pipeline start and end
from Prudhoe Bay , to Valdez , Alaska
from Prudhoe Bay , to Valdez , Alaska