Aerial View of
Valdez Marine Terminal
Valdez Marine Terminal
• Currently 2 Berths in service
– 200,000 bph loading capacity, both with Vapor Recovery
• 18 Storage Tanks built originally - 510,000 bbl. each or 9.18 million bbl. total capacity
• Currently 14 tanks in service in east tank farm
Tankers Loading at Berths 4 and 5
Cathodic Protection—Berth Platform Legs
• OK
Causeway to Berth 5
East Metering Facility Including Pig Trap and Back Pressure Control System
East Tank Farm – 14 500,000-BBL Tanks
Tanks 2, 4, and 3 at Valdez Marine Terminal
Wintertime Operations May Require Manual Removal of Snow from Tank Tops
Interior of Crude Oil Storage Tank
Roof Structure of Crude-Oil Storage Tank
Four loading arms and
one vapor arm are
visible on Berth 4.
The tees at which
ballast water piping
separates from oil
piping are also visible.
Counter-weights are
used to balance the
arms during loading
operations
Row of Five Large Vapor Compressors
Power Vapor Facility
Firewater Pumps Building
Firewater intake PWSRCAC consultant confers with Alyeska in main pumps building
Fire Protection on Berths
Firefighting monitors on Berth 4 Tank of firefighting foam on Berth 4
Foam Pumping Shed on Berth 4 Close up of berth monitor
Tank Farm Fire Protection
Tanks that hold foam at East Tank Farm
Foam Shed that feeds the tire suppression spiders in crude oil tanks
Fire hydrant above West Tank Farm
Spiders are in the bottom of crude oil storage tanks. Foam would be ejected from spiders and rise to the top of the oil to smother a fire if needed
Trailer mounted, high volume foam /water monitor
Portable Fire Protection Assets
Fire engine in Alyeska Fire House, with hose ready to deploy
Gleason pressure reducing valve
With water pressure around 250 psi at VMT fire hydrants, some fire engines like most from the City of Valdez need a Gleason Valve to reduce the water pressure. There are three Gleason Valves at the VMT.
Berth fire protection
Secondary water supply to berths Protection of Cable trays to fire monitors on berth
One of the Three Main Diesel-Powered Fire Water Pumps
Interior of a Large Ballast Water Treatment Tank
Biological Treatment Tank Microbial Treatment of Ballast Water
Gravity Separation Tanks for Treatment of Ballast Water in Winter
Gravity Separation and Biological Treatment Tanks
Valdez Marine Terminal from the Water
500-2 Response Barge
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are needed to s ee this picture.
Heavy Snow at the Valdez Marine Terminal
Control Console at Operational Control Center