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Month: April 2015

REVOLUTIONIZING OIL: THE PIPELINE THAT CHANGED THE INDUSTRY IN 1865

Posted on April 19, 2015November 17, 2025

Today pipelines play a prominent role in the oil industry – whether it’s the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System that has now transported around 16 million barrels of oil since its construction in 1973, or the recently debated expansion of the Keystone Pipeline within the United States. Simply said, it’s hard to imagine the industry without them. Read More

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