Contractors are sawing off large blocks of hard-packed snow on top of oil tanks at the Valdez Marine Terminal. Up to 80 contractors wearing respirators are working in shifts to clear snow off the damaged tanks, Alyeska spokesperson Michelle Egan said.
An oil tanker docked at the Valdez Marine Terminal in 2018.
More than four feet of snow fell in Valdez between mid-February and mid-March, causing a buildup of snow that has damaged infrastructure and vented petroleum vapors into the environment, the The recent snow has been worsened this year by wet weather, which caused the snow to freeze during the colder weather, said Donna Schantz, who leads the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council. The group monitors the activities of Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., which operates the pipeline.
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