Gas - Oil

Mar. 14, 1969 - British Petroleum Strikes Oil In Alaska. BP Oil Corporation has announced that its first well on its Prudence 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 tests will be made before actual projection can be assessed. Photo Shows:- Drilling rig from below at Put River 1 camp, North Slope, Alaska. Temperatures here range normally from 20 - 50 degrees below zero, but the cold is intensified by continual bitter winds of 10-20 mph

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10-20 Acreage Actual Alaska Announced Assessed Bitter Confirms Continual Degrees Described Discovered Drilling Further Hopes Intensified Normally Petroleum Porous Projection Prudence Richest Sandstone Slope Strikes Temperatures Tests Winds

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