Alaska - Hawaii
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 Hercules aircraft doing a round the clock service from Fairbanks, 300 miles away; unloads at Put River 1 camp. In the foreground one of the loaders wears a woollen face mask against the cold
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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