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Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Oilfields along the Arctic Ocean feed 800-mile pipeline
Alaska.com
The town of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, is near Prudhoe Bay, which is part of the Beaufort Sea on the Arctic Ocean coast.
Prudhoe Bay is primarily a workers community with only one permanent residence documented by the April 2000 U.S. census. Oil is the focus of the local culture.
The Prudhoe Bay and nearby oil fields provide about 20 percent of the nation's domestic oil supply and employ more than 5,000 individuals in drilling, pipeline operations, cargo transportation and a variety of support positions.
Workers travel home to Anchorage, other parts of Alaska and Lower 48 states after working long consecutive shifts.
History
The bay was named in 1828. Oil was discovered in the area in 1968, and the site was extensively developed for oil drilling operations in the 1970s.
An 800-mile pipeline was constructed to transport crude oil to Valdez, where it is shipped in marine tankers to terminals throughout the United States.
Source: Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development
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