Working at the North Slope at the Other End of the Pipeline,

SPEAKER:  Richard Kaiser P.E.

This is a special date to accommodate Rick’s north slope rotation. Rick

is a very enjoyable speaker for all. It won’t be too technical, so bring

your spouse and Christmas shop away from the crowd at Mt. Vernon’s

surprisingly large mall just to the north of the Cotton Tree.

LOCATION: Cotton Tree Inn Convention Center

2300 Market Street, Mt. Vernon, Tel: 360-428-5678

Social Hour: 6:00 p.m.

Dinner: 7:00 p.m.

Presentation: 8:00 p.m.

DIRECTIONS:

Northbound: Take I-5 Exit 227, turn right on College Way, turn

left at the second light onto Riverside Drive, proceed 3.5 blocks

and turn left onto Stewart Hoag.

Southbound: Take I-5 Exit 229, turn left at the stop sign, at the

next light turn right onto Burlington Blvd., go two blocks (across

bridge), the Cotton Tree will be on the right.

Menu/Cost: $21.00 for AIChE Members

1 Skagit Country Chicken Breast, sautéed with apple, shallots, & mushrooms in

a sherry sauce.

2 Mediterranean Cioppino. A seafood stew with a variety of fish and

shellfish in tomato stock.

NOTE:

1. Please pay by check made out to Puget Sound Section AIChE, or bring exact

change.

2. Make reservations by calling 206-623-8632 or e-mail asiallen@aol.com by

noon of the meeting day. If you e-mail, include: Name, tel #, AIChE member,

menu

selection and field trip attendance, etc, In Subject Box please: “AIChE

Reservation”.

3. You can cancel by calling by noon of the day of the meeting. Dinner

reservations “no-shows” will be billed !!

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Working at the North Slope

It's difficult to imagine a more remote and hostile environment than the

arctic tundra on the northern slope of Alaska's Brook's Range where the

winter temperatures reach -50 degrees Fahrenheit, winds blow at 40 miles per

hour for days and you're 400 miles away from the nearest town. Yet the North

Slope oil fields of Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk are the two largest fields in

North America. Together, they produce over half a million barrels of crude

oil per day. This presentation will describe the specialized mechanical and

process engineering systems that are needed to pull the oil up through 2,000

feet of permafrost, separate out the oil from the water and gas, and

transport it 800 miles across the state of Alaska through the Trans Alaska

Pipeline. It will also cover what it's like to live and work in an

environment where the sun never rises for 57 days of the year, summer lasts

only 3 months, and the northern lights dance in the night skies from horizon

to horizon.