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Oilmen from Texas Flock to Alaska for Prudhoe Bay Boom
Texas oilmen flock to Alaska amid a major Prudhoe Bay discovery with bids on hundreds of North Slope tracts. Giants like Humble Oil and Atlantic Richfield join Tesoro and Placid Oil in exploration, pipeline plans, and large acreage holdings as Habits of expansion reshape Arctic energy prospects.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Texas
North Slope
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Houston
Humble
Atlantic Richfield Co
Prudhoe Bay
Prudhoe
Aztec Oil & Ras Co
Dallas
H. L. Hunt
Arctic
Valdez
Gulf of Alaska
Interior
Walter Hickel
Atlantic Richfield
Tesoro Petroleum Co
San Antonio
Kenai Peninsula
Tesoro-Alaska Petroleum Co
Placid Oil Co
Hunt Family
Cook Inlet
del Mar Land Inc
N. B. Hunt