Gas - Oil
Mar. 14, 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.!-has discovered oil in porous sandstone below 8000 feet. The strike confirms BP hopes which is already being described as one of the world's richest, but further tests will be made before actual potential can be assessed. Photo shows. Coming in from a blizzard at a camp near Put River on the North Slope, Alaska
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