Key ARCO geologist Harry Jamison shares Prudhoe Bay discovery credit with Exxon
Steve Quinn For Petroleum News
Prudhoe Bay historians routinely identify H.C. “Harry” Jamison as the central figure for discovering Alaska North Slope oil.
Jamison, then a young geologist with Richfield Oil Co. (predecessor to Atlantic Richfield, or ARCO, and subsequently ConocoPhillips) however, refuses to accept so much credit....
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