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An oil discovery in Alaska’s Arctic, already described as huge, just got a lot bigger

By Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News March 9, 2017

A Spanish oil company working with a small explorer in Alaska announced Thursday what it’s calling the largest onshore U.S. oil discovery in three decades, near the northeastern edge of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

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