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  2. Prudhoe Bay, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Prudhoe Bay / ˈ p r uː d oʊ / is a census-designated place (CDP) located in North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 1,310 people, down from 2,174 residents in the 2010 census, and up from just 5 residents in 2000; however, at any given time, several thousand transient workers support the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field.

  3. Deadhorse, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    The Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, area was developed to house personnel, provide support for drilling operations, and transport oil to the Alaskan pipeline. [2] Prior to 1977, oil seeps (small pores or fissure networks through which liquid petroleum emerges at the surface of the land) [3] on the Arctic coastal plain had caught the attention of the U.S. petroleum interests. [2]

  4. Alaska North Slope - Wikipedia

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    The National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska is to the West, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the east, and Prudhoe Bay is between them. The Alaska North Slope is the region of the U.S. state of Alaska located on the northern slope of the Brooks Range along the coast of two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea being on the ...

  5. Prudhoe Bay, AK Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local ... - AOL

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    Get the Prudhoe Bay, AK local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...

  6. Kuparuk River - Wikipedia

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    The Kuparuk River oil field, the second largest oil field in North America, is centered about 40 miles (64 km) west of Prudhoe Bay. [6] Discovered in 1969, it covers about 500 square miles (1,300 km 2 ).

  7. Kadleroshilik Pingo - Wikipedia

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    Kadleroshilik Pingo (or Kadleroshilik Mound [1]) is a pingo located about 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of Prudhoe Bay in the U.S. state of Alaska.Rising to an elevation of 54 meters (178 ft) above the surrounding lake plain, it is the highest known pingo in the world.

  8. Beaufort Sea - Wikipedia

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    The major settlements along the Beaufort Sea are Tuktoyaktuk (population 930 in 2009 [44]) in Canada and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Although Prudhoe Bay is permanently populated by only a few people, there are thousands of contract workers in the area employed on petroleum production at the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, which is on the coastal lowland known ...

  9. Doyon Drilling installs 2 wind turbines near Prudhoe Bay oil ...

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    Nov. 26—An Alaska Native-owned drilling company has installed what it says are the first wind energy turbines erected near Alaska's giant Prudhoe Bay oil field. The two 100-kilowatt turbines ...