The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Authorized in response to the Oil Crisis of 1973, the pipeline was built between 1974 and 1977. Running from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope to Valdez in the south, the pipeline transports about 700,000 barrels of oil per day. That number, however, is on the decline. And when oil extraction is one day complete, Alaska by law must remove all traces of the pipeline.
The construction of what massive infrastructure project did President Nixon sign into law today in 1973?
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The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Authorized in response to the Oil Crisis of 1973, the pipeline was built between 1974 and 1977. Running from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope to Valdez in the south, the pipeline transports about 700,000 barrels of oil per day. That number, however, is on the decline. And when oil extraction is one day complete, Alaska by law must remove all traces of the pipeline.
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Authorized in response to the Oil Crisis of 1973, the pipeline was built between 1974 and 1977. Running from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope to Valdez in the south, the pipeline transports about 700,000 barrels of oil per day. That number, however, is on the decline. And when oil extraction is one day complete, Alaska by law must remove all traces of the pipeline.
