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Vol. 9, No. 2 Week of January 11, 2004
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Alaska’s tax formula an ongoing debate

State’s average crude oil production tax rate continues to decline due to the Economic Limit Factor formula adopted in 1989

Larry Persily

Petroleum News Juneau Correspondent

The holiday season is over, but at least one ELF is still working in Alaska. The ELF, or Economic Limit Factor, is a formula in state statute that reduces a field’s oil and gas production tax rates based on the average daily total production and average per-well production from a reservoir. The cur....

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No field in Alaska pays the full rate

Tax revenues falling faster than production

No legislative action to change ELF

Freshman legislator considers minimum tax rate


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