PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Finding Kuparuk was a big surpriseGeologist: Sinclair’s ploy to boost stock price ends with discovery of North America’s fourth-largest oil field Rose Ragsdale For Petroleum Directory
The discovery of Kuparuk River, North America’s fourth largest oil field, was a good example of exploration serendipity.
The driving force behind Sinclair Oil Corp.’s 2.5-billion-barrel find in 1969 actually originated thousands of miles away in the boardroom of a competitor, according to Christophe....
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