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  2. Dominant Factor Test - Wikipedia

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    The Dominant Factor Test was defined in a 1973 Alaskan case called Morrow v State.The four qualifications defined by the court in Morrow are: . Participants must have a distinct possibility of exercising skill and must have sufficient data upon which to calculate an informed judgment.

  3. Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System - Wikipedia

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    The construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System included over 800 miles (1,300 km) of oil pipeline, 12 pump stations, and a new tanker port.Built largely on permafrost during 1975–77 between Prudhoe Bay and Valdez, Alaska, the $8 billion effort required tens of thousands of people, often working in extreme temperatures and conditions, the invention of specialized construction techniques ...

  4. Prudhoe Bay oil spill - Wikipedia

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    The Prudhoe Bay oil spill (2006 Alaskan oil spill) was an oil spill that was discovered on March 2, 2006, at a pipeline owned by BP Exploration, Alaska (BPXA) in western Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Initial estimates of the five-day leak said that up to 267,000 US gallons (6,400 bbl) were spilled over 1.9 acres (7,700 m 2 ), making it the largest oil ...

  5. Flashback to the swinging seventies: Alaska's building a gas ...

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  6. Arrest made in 1978 Alaska pipeline bombing - AOL

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    By Dan Joling ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal prosecutors on Friday announced the arrest of a man suspected of bombing the trans-Alaska pipeline in 1978, less than a year after it began moving ...

  7. List of pipeline accidents in the United States in the 1970s

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    A portion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System pipeline east of Fairbanks, Alaska was ruptured by an explosive device. Crude oil spilled in a 600-foot (180 m) diameter spot. [162] February 26 – A 16-inch Cities Service Gas pipeline ruptured near Lecompton, Kansas, causing natural gas shortages in the area. [163]

  8. 'A wake up call': One of the world's largest oil pipelines ...

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  9. List of pipeline accidents in the United States in the 1990s

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    August 10 – An auger being used to install utility poles hit a 14-inch ethane-propane pipeline, causing an explosion & fire that killed the auger operator, and forcing evacuations near Liberty Hill, Texas. [243] [244] August 29 – A pump on Olympic Pipeline failed, in Renton, Washington, spilling about 3,360 gallons of gasoline and aviation ...