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- First tanker to carry crude oil from Valdez: ARCO Juneau, August 1, 1977
- Tankers loaded at Valdez: 16,781 through March 2001
- Storage tanks in Valdez- 18 with total storage capacity of 9.1 million barrels total
- The mission of Alyeska’s Ship Escort Response Vessel System is to safely escort tankers through Prince William Sound
- The United States depends on the Trans Alaska Pipeline to deliver 17% of its domestic oil production