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Article: Prudhoe Bay field passes five million barrel mark to top nearest competitor. (petroleum industry, Alaska)
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- The Oil Daily
- Article date:
- March 25, 1987
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Prudhoe Bay Field Passes Five Billion Barrel Mark to Top Nearest Competitor
HOUSTON -- The trivia quiz for today i: Pick the most productive oil field in U.S. history. Is it (a) Shovel-Tum in Oklahoma; (b) Prudhoe Bay in Alaska; (c) Kern River in California; or (d) East Texas in Texas?
The correct answer is (b). The Prudhoe Bay field on March 5 topped five billion barrels of crude oil and liquid hydrocarbons production, surpassing the prolific East Texas field, according to Standard Oil Production Co.
In an announcement this week, William J. Johnson, president, Standard Oil Production Co., said that super-giant oil fields such as Prudhoe Bay ...