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Mar. 03, 1969 - British Petroleum strikes oil in Alaska: BP Oil Corporation has announced that its first well on its Prudhoe Bay acreage in Alaska - Put River No. 1 has discovered oil in porous sandstone below 8, 000 feet. The strike confirms BP hopes which is already being described as one of the world's richest. but further test will be made before actual potential can be assessed. Photo shows On the North Slope, Alaska. A camp near Put River where drilling rig is under construction. Photograph shows snow drift after a blizzard where 40 mph winds took effective temperatures down to 100 degrees below zero

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