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Oil exploration firm claims discovery of huge Alaska deposit

| April 9, 2020 8:03 AM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An oil exploration firm has discovered a deposit of potentially 1.8 billion barrels in Alaska's North Slope region south of Prudhoe Bay, the company said.

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