STANDARD OIL REFINERY, BUILT 1962

In 1962, Standard Oil Company built the first and only oil refinery in Alaska, located on the Kenai Spur Highway in Nikiski. Over the years the refinery changed hands to Tesoro (which operated it for many years), and more recently to Conoco-Phillips and then Marathon Oil. The refinery employs many Nikiski residents.

A pipeline runs from this location transporting petroleum products to the Port of Anchorage. See below for more information.

 The Nikiski Alaska Pipeline was constructed in 1976. The pipeline has a 10.75-inch outside diameter and transports refined petroleum products (jet fuel, gasoline and diesel) from Tesoro’s [Marathon's] Kenai Refinery to the Port of Anchorage. 

Nikiski Alaska Pipeline is a buried pipeline that begins at Tesoro Alaska Pipeline Company’s (Tesoro) [now Marathon] Kenai Refinery in Nikiski. The pipeline route runs along the Kenai Spur Highway through the Captain Cook State Recreation Area, and then parallels the coast to Point Possession before crossing the Turnagain Arm. The pipeline route continues along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, through the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, and then along Northern Lights Boulevard. The pipeline runs near the Alaska Railroad right-of-way for the remainder of the route, terminating at the Port of Anchorage. 

 Current Operator

• Tesoro Logistics Pipelines LLC

Regions

• Southcentral

Original ROW Lease Dates

• January 30, 1976 - January 30, 2006

Amended Lease Dates

• July 28, 2004 - January 30, 2031

Product

• Refined Petroleum Products

Diameter (inches)

• 10.75

System Length (approx. miles)

• System Length: 52.50
• Length on State Lands: 21.50

Normal Wall Thickness (inches)

• 0.188
• 0.625

Associated ADL Numbers

• 69354

Positions

• Buried

Year Constructed

• 1976 - 1976

Source:  https://dog.dnr.alaska.gov/Services/Pipeline/Nikiski%20Alaska