Alaska’s Northern Coastal Plain: NPR-A, Prudhoe Bay and ANWR
July 10, 2008
The National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A):
Formerly known as the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, the vast 23-million acre area on Alaska’s North Slope has a history of nearly 100 years of petroleum exploration. In 1923, mindful of the land’s conceivable petroleum value, President Harding set aside these 23 million acres as an emergency oil [...]