Alaska North Slope
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The Alaska North Slope or Alaska Arctic Slope is the region of the U.S. state of Alaska located on the northern slope of the Brooks Range along the coast of two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the
Geophysical Service Inc. seismic exploration crew, Deadhorse, Alaska, 1981
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field
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Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in North America, covering 213,543 acres and originally contained approximately 25 billion barrels of oi
Alaska North Slope
…though the presence of oil in the region had been known by American whalers for some time. It constituted the bulk of Alaska's known petroleum until the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field was discovered (outside the NPRA) in 1968, followed by the Kuparuk River oil field in 1969. The petroleum extracted from the region is transferred south…
Caribou near Prudhoe Bay, 1973
1971 aerial photo of the oil fields by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Roger MacBride touring the oil field facilities during his 1976 presidential campaign.
Oilfield facilities at Prudhoe Bay.