Bill Bush | 202-682-8069 | bushw@api.org
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2009 - API awarded its 2008 Distinguished Award for Outstanding Safety and Environmental Performance to Alyeska Pipeline Service Company in the large pipeline operator category and to Portland Pipe Line Corporation in the small pipeline operator category. Deborah Fretz, President and CEO of Sunoco Logistics Partners, presented the awards at API’s 60th annual Pipeline Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Distinguished Award is API’s highest safety and environmental performance award for pipeline operators.
Portland Pipe Line Corporation, which won the Distinguished Award for the second year in a row, is a company in Maine that operates a crude oil pipeline and terminals. The company won for its sustained outstanding safety and environmental performance over several years. Contributing to that performance were strong management and employee involvement and commitment. Portland also won the API Small Operator Occupational Safety Award with no OSHA recordable incidents for employees and contractors, and the API Small Operator Environmental Performance Award, reporting no releases.
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company operates the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s North Slope to Valdez, Alaska, the northernmost ice-free port in North America. This system provides approximately 750,000 barrels of crude oil per day to the west coast of the United States. Alyeska has a long track record of outstanding environmental performance (supported by five environmental awards) and has made a step-change improvement in safety performance. Contributing to the company’s strong record were the company’s initiatives in preventing soft tissue injuries, its outstanding mainline integrity program (zero pipeline releases due to corrosion), its significant engagement with external stakeholders, and taking an all-hazards approach to business continuity. Alyeska also won the API Large Operator Environmental Performance Award.
Additional operators received Occupational Safety Performance Awards, including Equistar Chemicals, LP - Equistar Pipelines, Genesis Energy, L.P., and ExxonMobil Pipeline Company.
Recognition Awards were given in several additional categories. Please click here for a complete list of all award winners.
Updated: April 22, 2009