‘Unpacking’ of Red Hill fuel pipelines begins today

TL;DR - Joint Task Force Red Hill, the military group tasked with draining the tanks at the Navy’s underground fuel storage facility, is slated today to begin “unpacking” 1 million gallons from pipelines that connect the tanks to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

“In order to defuel, the first step that we need to do is we need to safely remove the fuel from those pipelines,” JTF Red Hill commander Rear Adm. John Wade said Monday at a media briefing. “The unpacking allows us to then conduct repairs, modifications and enhancements so that we can get to the larger defueling effort with the greatest risk reductions possible.”

October 25, 2022: ‘Unpacking’ of Red Hill fuel pipelines begins today, Honolulu Star-Advertiser

October 25, 2022: All eyes on Navy as first phase of massive Red Hill defueling effort kicks off, Hawaiʻi News Now

October 25, 2022: Military to begin draining Red Hill storage facility pipelines, Military Times

October 24, 2022: Military to begin removing a million gallons of fuel from Red Hill Storage pipelines, KITV