ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The 800-mile (1,287-kilometer) trans-Alaska pipeline remains shut down as repair work continued to fix a leak.
The pipeline was shut down early Saturday to install a bypass pipe around the leak. The shutdown was only expected to last 36 hours, but the restart now is expected to take place early Monday.
Workers are installing a 157-foot (48-meter) pipe around the leak discovered more than a week ago at a booster pump at a station on the North Slope.
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. operates the pipeline and says sealing and draining the pipe is taking longer than expected.
