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Dec 19, 2005

Petroleum - USA - Alaska's crude oil output hits new low, raises fiscal concerns

Decline exceeds energy politics for state residents who get a hefty dividend from the oil tax revenues

NEW YORK,NY,USA -Associated Press, by Tarek El-Tablawy -Dec 18, 2005: -- Alaskan North Slope crude oil production, once heralded as a domestic mother lode, has hit a new output low -- embodying the precarious balance confronting the United States as it struggles for energy security in an era of volatility in the international oil market... The decline in Alaska is led by a slump in output from the once-mammoth Prudhoe Bay field, which has been producing since 1969... At its height in fiscal 1988, the field produced an average of 1.6 million barrels per day; but in fiscal 2005, it was down to 381,000 barrels per day...

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