The Alaska Pipeline connects oil from Prudhoe Bay to which port?

• A. Sitka
• B. Valdez
• C. Anchorage
• D. Kodiak

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is where the oil transported by the Alaska Pipeline is loaded for shipment. The pipeline runs from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s North Slope to a southern port where crude oil can be loaded onto ships. That southern endpoint is Valdez, a deep-water, ice-free harbor on Prince William Sound that was chosen specifically to allow year-round tanker access. The other places listed are real Alaska ports, but they are not the terminal of the pipeline: Sitka is in the southeast, Anchorage is inland, and Kodiak sits on Kodiak Island. So Valdez is the end point where oil from Prudhoe Bay is loaded onto tankers.