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DOE study sees high North Slope potential

02/04/2008
US oil reserves could more than double by 2050 if commodity prices remain high and leasing restrictions ease on Alsaka’s North Slope, according to a federal government study.A detailed assessment of the North Slope by the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy says exploration and development might add 28 billion bbl of economically recoverable oil and 125 tcf of gas during 2015-50. Reserves for all of the US now are 21 billion bbl of oil and 211 tcf of gas.The forecast assumes continued high oil and gas prices, stable fiscal policies, and access by the producing industry to all areas of the North Slope. Congress has not approved oil and gas leasing of the promising co...
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