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Vol. 7, No. 15 Week of April 14, 2002
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


The pioneering endeavors that led to the discovery of Prudhoe Bay

In the first of a two-part series, Gil Mull recounts Richfield’s early geological and geophysical exploration on the North Slope

Alan Bailey

PNA Contributing Writer

A combination of teamwork and perceptive leadership underpinned the discovery of the Prudhoe Bay oil field, according to veteran geologist Gil Mull. Mull was a member of the team of geologists and geophysicists that found North America’s largest oilfield. Today, he is a petroleum geologist with the....

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Initial exploration

Fieldwork in 1963

Indications of oil

The first seismic survey


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