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Vol. 17, No. 34 Week of August 19, 2012
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Modern technology drives old plan

Utilities behind proposal to use North Slope natural gas for electricity, move power through HVDC, with ‘light’ HVDC spur lines

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

An idea pursued by ARCO in the 1980s and early 1990s has been revived due to a combination of modern technology and the current surplus of natural gas. It would use North Slope natural gas to produce electricity and then use that electricity to power the state — not just the Railbelt but also rural....

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