Richfield persuaded to explore
Petroleum News Alaska Staff
Richfield Oil Co., predecessor to ARCO, almost passed up the opportunity to extensively explore the North Slope.
In 1963, Richfield had sent a geological field party to the Arctic. Geologists Garnett Pessel and Gil Mull were sent to the banks of the Sagavanirktok River to build on the data in USGS r....
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