The Alaska pipeline is about 800 miles long, cost over seven billion dollars to build, and has a capacity of 1.2 million barrels per day. A one-mile section without any oil in it weighs about 990 tons. A piece of the pipeline made of high-strength, low-alloy steel is 30 inches long, three-quarters of an inch thick, 48 inches in diameter, and weighs about 938 pounds. This small piece would hold over four barrels of oil, about 227 gallons, weighing 1,821 pounds, or nearly one ton. Nippon Steel Company of Tokyo, Japan presented this section to the American Society for Metals in 1976.