Notice of Pipeline Application and Request
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on April 1, 2025, Hilcorp North Slope LLC (Hilcorp North Slope) and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (Alyeska) (collectively, Applicants), acting on behalf of, and as agent for, Harvest Alaska, LLC, ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, and ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska, Inc., owners of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), jointly filed an application for a permit to connect Hilcorp North Slope’s existing natural gas liquids (NGLs) field gathering pipeline from the Prudhoe Bay Unit (PBU) to TAPS Pump Station 1 (PS1), and for a permit to construct and operate the proposed interconnect facilities. The Applicants also filed a request seeking approval of a connection agreement between Hilcorp North Slope and Alyeska related to the design, installation, construction and operation of the interconnect facilities. Docket No. P-25-007 was opened to address these filings.
The interconnect facilities will be installed between Skid 50 and a tie-in just upstream of PS1 mainline unit pumps to allow additional NGL blending into the TAPS common stream. This will maximize the export of NGLs from the PBU by using available TAPS bubble point vapor pressure capacity that exists downstream of PS1.
No motion for waiver or petition for confidential treatment was filed with the application and request. The Commission has not assessed the completeness of the filings. The Commission will determine whether the filings are complete by April 22, 2025.
You may obtain information about these filings by contacting counsel for Hilcorp North Slope, Kristin E. Crabb at Guess & Rudd P.C., 1029 West Third Avenue, Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: 907-793-2200; and Greg Youngmun, General Counsel and Vice President for Alyeska at P.O. Box 19660, Anchorage, AK 99519; phone: 907-787-8904. The complete filings are also available for inspection at the Commission's office at 701 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, Alaska 99501; phone: 907-276-6222 or may be viewed at the Commission’s website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket “P-25-007” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on these filings, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., April 25, 2025, at the Commission's address above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference Docket No. P-25-007 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with Hilcorp North Slope and Alyeska at the address given above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services, or alternative communication formats, please contact the Commission at 907-276-6222; toll-free 1-800-390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1 -800-770-8973 or send a request by email to rca.mail@alaska.gov by April 18, 2025.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 4th day of April, 2025.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
John M. Espindola
Chair