TITLE

Quest to wring more oil from Alaska north slope

AUTHOR(S)

Rosen, Yereth

PUB. DATE

October 1996

SOURCE

Christian Science Monitor;10/8/96, Vol. 88 Issue 220, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Newspaper

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Claims that despite analysts' prediction about drilling oil below the Arctic plain of Alaska, technology, economies of scale and expanded exploration are giving oil companies confidence that they can get enough crude from below the plain. Importance of the drilling; Role of cost cutting in prolonging life of the fields in Prudhoe Bay.

ACCESSION #

9611061922

Tags: PETROLEUM -- Alaska;  BORING

 

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