[thackney]

Where did you get that distance to Long Beach?

Try 2268 miles.

7,000 miles would put you in Boliva.

http://www.findlocalweather.com/how_far_is_it/ak/valdez.html

[dblshot]

My mistake, omnitasking I guess. Still there are a lot of variables that make shipping oil to different places cost more or less and milage is not the only big one.