
6-8, 9-12

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Grades 9-12

Grades 6-8, 9-12

Grades 9-12

Grades 9-12

Grades 9-12

Grades 9-12

Grades 9-12

Grades 9-12
On this day in 1977, oil began to flow for the first time down the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. The 799 miles of pipe stretch from Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska to the ice-free port of Valdez in southern Alaska. In 1968 oil was discovered and in 1972 drilling was authorized by the Department of Interior. After the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 plans for construction of the pipeline were fast-tracked. Construction took three years and cost 8 billion dollars. The oil produced accounts for 15% of the United States' oil production.