THE LINK: OCTOBER 2023 40 Photo by Lee Leschper Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. details variety of metrics BY YERETH ROSEN, ALASKA BEACON An inaugural environmental, social and governance report issued by the operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System summarizes what the company said was overall positive work “as caretaker, steward, and operator” of the 800-mile oil line and its Valdez marine terminal. The 19-page report, released recently by Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., covers a wide variety of metrics from 2022, the system’s 45th year of operation. Subjects covered include greenhouse gas emissions from operating the system, which are trending down; notable repair and maintenance projects; freshwater use; Alaska Native hire and employee diversity; and worker injuries, which increased somewhat in 2021 and 2022 after falling substantially during the past two decades. The report is planned as the first in a series of annual ESG reports, said Michelle Egan, Alyeska’s chief communications officer. Alyeska has issued external and internal reports for years on specific aspects of its operations, and this ESG report is intended to combine that information, Egan said. “Our view was we should pull this all into one publicly available report and we should follow a framework that people are familiar with,” she said. Alyeska is owned by three companies with major shares of North Slope oil fields. Hilcorp’s Harvest Alaska unit owns 49.1%, the share the company acquired from BP Plc. ConocoPhillips has a 29.6% share and TAPS report examines work in numerous areas
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