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Prudhoe Bay, inlet of the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean, N Alaska, in the Alaska North Slope region, east of the Colville River delta. In 1968 one of the largest oil reserves in North America was discovered in Prudhoe Bay. The ensuing trans-Alaskan oil pipeline built there connects Prudhoe Bay to Valdez Valdez (văldēz`), city (1990 pop. 4,068), Valdez-Chitina-Whittier census div. ..... Click the link for more information. , Alaska. Despite the harsh climate, drilling activity and the oil industry have led to increasing development and settlement of the Prudhoe Bay area. Prudhoe BaySmall inlet of the Beaufort Sea, northern Alaska, U.S. It has been the centre of oil-drilling activities since the discovery in 1968 of vast petroleum deposits on Alaska's North Slope. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline links the area to Valdez on Prince William Sound. |
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| Oil giant BP announced that it was shutting down half of its operations in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to repair corroded pipelines (see map). BP plc had abruptly halted production at the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska, which produces about 400,000 barrels a day, after the company discovered corrosion in the pipelines. ENERGIES: News BP had to shutter some of its daily production at the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska stirred the crude oil market last week. |
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