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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An inlet of the Arctic Ocean on the northern coast of Alaska east of the Colville River delta. Extensive oil reserves were discovered here in 1968.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bay on the northern coast of Alaska where oil was discovered in 1968
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Stevens was largely responsible for a swap by which the refuge would be preserved and the oil companies would be able to develop a geologically promising section of the Barrow Arch, known as Prudhoe Bay, in the middle of the North Slope coastline.
The Flight Steve Ersinghaus 2009
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Was Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, who between 1956 and 1961 was a senior official at the Department of the Interior, "largely responsible for a swap by which [ANWR] would be preserved [i.e., established] and the oil companies would be able to develop a geologically promising section of the Barrow Arch, known as Prudhoe Bay"?
'The Specter Haunting Alaska': An Exchange Mitchell, Donald Craig 2006
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It happened on a pipeline operated by BP near to the Lisbourne field in Prudhoe Bay, which is 26pc owned by the British company.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Trentham's currently working as a senior electrical designer with the firm's electrical safety inspection group in Prudhoe Bay, which is located on the state's North Slope.
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It looks exactly like Prudhoe Bay which is just a couple hundred miles in the other direction.
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International giants like Exxon have seen traditional sources, such as Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's north slope, go into steep decline at the same time they've found themselves locked out of many politically sensitive areas of the world.
Market News 2009
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International giants like Exxon have seen traditional sources, such as Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's north slope, go into steep decline at the same time they've found themselves locked out of many politically sensitive areas of the world.
Market News 2009
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But producers largely abandoned the area in recent decades, drawn by much bigger energy reserves in the state's sparsely populated North Slope, near Prudhoe Bay.
New Energy Estimate Breathes Life Into a Declining Alaskan Oil Field Ryan Dezember 2011
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Since 2000, BP has been fined and criticized for cutting corners and not properly maintaining Prudhoe Bay.
AlaskaDispatch.com: BP Has a Long History of Problems at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay AlaskaDispatch.com 2011
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Since 2000, BP has been fined and criticized for cutting corners and not properly maintaining Prudhoe Bay.
AlaskaDispatch.com: BP Has a Long History of Problems at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay AlaskaDispatch.com 2011
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