Would unfunded positions have helped?

State officials, past and present, don’t know if proposed $5 million oversight program would have prevented pipeline corrosion

The Associated Press

BP’s partial shutdown in August of the Prudhoe Bay oil field has dredged up memories of a request five years ago by then-Gov. Tony Knowles for $5 million to strengthen oversight of Alaska’s aging oil facilities and streamline new oil and gas exploration. But state officials can only speculate about....

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