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Oil and Natural Gas from Shale in Alaska
February 28, 2012 | USGS / Geology.com

The United States Geological Survey determined that shales in the North Slope region of Alaska hold an enormous technically-recoverable shale oil and shale gas resource. These rock units could contain as much as 80 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas and as much as 2 billion barrels of oil.


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