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The latest news about the safe transportation of oil in Prince William Sound

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The Council’s publication, The Observer, is a free newsletter distributed throughout Prince William Sound, the northern Gulf of Alaska, lower Cook Inlet, and the Kodiak archipelago, as well as by request to interested citizens around the world, including regulators and industry.

The Observer covers the Council’s activities, developments in the oil transportation industry in Prince William Sound, including news about policies, regulations, operations at the Valdez Marine Terminal, oil spill prevention and response, effects of the oil industry on the environment, and other issues related to the safe transportation or oil through Prince William Sound. Major oil spill drills are covered, and Alyeska is invited to submit a column for each issue.

The latest articles from the Observer newsletter:

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Council co-hosts community workshop with local partners

Since 1999, the Chugach Regional Resources Commission, or CRRC, has been hosting the Annual Subsistence Memorial Gathering. This event, held ...
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Increased oil production must be matched with effective oversight

Increased oil production must be matched with effective oversight

The Council’s mandates were created after the Exxon Valdez oil spill: prevent the return of the complacency that led to ...
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2025 Valdez Marine Terminal Projects Update

2025 Valdez Marine Terminal Projects Update

From: Alyeska Corporate Communications The summer of 2025 was a busy one on the Valdez Marine Terminal, or VMT, and ...
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Fishing vessels pull oil spill boom.

Responders perform well overall in drills in 2024

Many of the drills and exercises conducted by the industry last year went well, according to the latest drill summary ...
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GAO report looks at Joint Pipeline Office

A new report from the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, examines the current status of the Joint Pipeline Office, or ...
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Study estimates emissions from 2022 incident

A new Council report contains an estimate of crude oil vapors emitted during an incident at the Valdez Marine Terminal ...
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