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Mystery surrounds the only oil well ever drilled in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

By Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News July 24, 2017
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With oil development advocates again emboldened by the prospects of cracking open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a big secret that could add to the continuing debate over exploration remains as cloaked in mystery as ever.

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