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jul 18, 1968 - Prudhoe Bay Oil

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ARCO and Humble Oil find signficant amounts of oil from drilling off the Arctic Coast. The early estimate for the field was 9.6 billion recoverable barrels. Today, technology has increased the estimate to 13 billion. Drilling and conservation of land continue to points of political disagreements.

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jul 18, 1968
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~ 57 years ago