New York — Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The 800-mile Trans Alaska Pipeline System was closed Friday as a precaution following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake near Anchorage, Alaska, the company said. The line transports crude from Alaska’s North Slope to the Valdez terminal. Year to date, the pipeline has moved roughly 506,000 b/d, according to Michelle Egan, a spokeswoman for operator Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. “We have no known damage … and are doing our check before restarting,” Egan said. She did not have an estimate on when the pipeline would restart. “Over the next several days, assuming we restart, we will be doing physical surveillance” on the pipeline, she said. Physical checks on the line are not required prior to restart, she added. ANS crude is transported mainly to refineries along the US West Coast, and on occasion exported overseas. A […]