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TOK, ALASKA June 19, 2008: Denali – The Alaska Gas Pipeline has opened the doors to its first field office located in Tok, Alaska, and has launched summer fieldwork activities.
The partners expect to spend approximately $40 million on 2008 fieldwork. The results of the summer fieldwork will support permit applications and a high-quality cost estimate for the immense project. Getting to the fieldwork phase now is critical to meeting the target of a successful open season in 2010.
“This is yet another positive step for us as we move Denali – The Alaska Gas Pipeline forward,” said Denali President Bud Fackrell. “We anticipate about 60 people will be at work in the area this summer. The Tok field office will be a hub for much of our work this summer.”
The work program will include:
- Cultural resource identification and research
- Hydrology studies, including stream and river crossings traversing 700 miles along the Denali route
- Soil and Air Monitoring
- Aerial photography and mapping
Hydrology, archaeological and cultural studies and land surveys have begun. Much of the work will take place along the routes of the Dalton, Richardson and Alaska highways.
Denali -- The Alaska Gas Pipeline is owned by subsidiaries of BP and ConocoPhillips. Denali is currently being designed to carry about 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day from the North Slope of Alaska for delivery to Alaska, Canadian and Lower 48 markets. It would be North America’s largest private sector construction project.
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