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Sarah Palin: Won't 'close the door' on White House run
| WASHINGTON: Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said on Sunday that she was open to a possible White House run in 2012 but has not made up her mind. | "I think that it would be absur...
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Obama Challenges Terrorism Critics
| WASHINGTON -- The White House pushed back Sunday against Republican criticism of its approach to terrorism, calling it "not anchored in reality" as a national security debate that was largely muted ...
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» Researchers study whether humpback whales dampen recovery of Prince William Sound herring
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Sun 7 Feb 2010
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
The News & Observer | ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinction, ...
Researchers Target Whales in Herring Loss Study
The New York Times | Filed at 12:00 p.m. ET | ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, on...
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
The Examiner Comments ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Map, News) - Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, once hunted to...
Researchers study whether humpback whales dampen recovery of Prince William Sound herring
Star Tribune | ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinction, a...
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
The Press Democrat | Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinction, are thriving in waters fouled 21 years ago by the Exxon Valdez, the supertanker that ran aground and leaked nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil. | The herring population crashed afte...
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
The Guardian | DAN JOLING | Associated Press Writer= ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. |...
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
Philadelphia Daily News | DAN JOLING | The Associated Press | ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpback...
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
The Boston Globe | ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinction, are...
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
Newsvine ANCHORAGE — Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinction, are t...
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
Seattle Times ANCHORAGE, Alaska - | Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinction, a...
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
Denver Post | ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinctio...
Researchers study whether humpback whales dampen recovery of Prince William Sound herring
KDVR ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, once hunted to near exti...
Researchers study whether humpback whales dampen recovery of Prince William Sound herring
Hartford Courant ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback . | Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinction...
Researchers target whales in herring loss study
The Miami Herald | ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. | Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinction, ...
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ALASKA

Alaska

Alaska remains a leading U.S. supply source of crude oil, ranking 3rd in both crude oil reserves and in crude oil production (including Federal Offshore). The Alyeska Pipeline connects the North Slope oil fields with the Port at Valdez. From Valdez, crude oil is shipped primarily to California. Small quantities of crude oil are exported to Asia from fields under State waters of Alaska's Cook Inlet. Alaska, which uses conventional gasoline, ranks second to last in gasoline consumption with the lowest state gasoline tax rate in the nation at 8 cents per gallon. Alaska has 6 refineries with a combined crude distillation capacity of about 374 thousand barrels per day. However, most of these refineries are "topping" plants, facilities that top off the lighter products from the crude stream that are used for internal refinery fuel use. Natural gas and fuel oil dominate the home heating market with respective shares of 46 percent and 36 percent.

General Overview

  • Population: 655,435 (2004) ranked 47th
  • Per Capita Income: $34,454 (2004) ranked 14th
  • Total Energy Consumption: 0.7 quadrillion Btu (2001), ranked 35th
  • Per Capita Energy Consumption: 1,164 million Btu (2001), ranked 1st
  • Total Petroleum Consumption: 5.6 million gallons per day (2002), ranked 34th
  • Gasoline Consumption: 0.7 million gallons per day (2002), ranked 50th
  • Distillate Fuel Consumption: 1.2 million gallons per day (2002), ranked 40th
  • Liquefied Petroleum Gas Consumption: 0.04 million gallons per day (2002), ranked 50th
  • Jet Fuel Consumption: 2.9 million gallons per day (2002), ranked 6th

    Petroleum Supply (Upstream)

  • Crude Oil Proved Reserves: 4,327 million barrels (2004), ranked 2nd (3rd including Federal Offshore). Accounts for 20 percent of U.S. crude oil proved reserves.
  • Crude Oil Production: 908 thousand barrels per day (2004), ranked 2nd (3th including Federal Offshore). Accounts for 17 percent of U.S. crude oil production.
  • Total Producing Oil Wells: 1,924 (2004)
  • Rotary Rigs in Operation: 10 (2004)

    Transportation

  • Major Pipelines:
    • Crude Oil - Alyeska, Cook Inlet, Kenai, Kuparuk, Milne Point.
    • Product - None
    • Liquefied Petroleum Gas - None
  • Ports & Waterway Systems: Kenai, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau, Sitka, Haines, Skagway, Valdez, Whittier, Seward, Homer, Nikishka, Anchorage, Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, Unalaska.

    Refining & Marketing (Downstream)

  • Refineries: Distillation capacity of 373,500 Barrels Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2005)
    • BP Exploration Inc. (Prudhoe Bay @ 12,500 BCD)
    • Petro Star Inc. (Valdez @ 48,000 BCD)
    • Petro Star Inc. (North Pole @ 17,000 BCD)
    • ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (Kuparuk @ 14,000 BCD)
    • Tesoro Petroleum Corp. (Kenai @ 72,000 BCD)
    • Flint Hills Resources Alaska LLC. (North Pole @ 210,000 BCD)
  • Gasoline Stations: 322 outlets (2005), or about 0.2 percent of U.S. total.

    Sources and notes: Energy Information Administration, Bureau of Census, and National Petroleum News "Market Facts 2004." Rankings include the District of Columbia.

    File last modified: December 2005


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