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Prudhoe Bay / ˈ p r uː d oʊ / is a census-designated place (CDP) located in North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 1,310 people, down from 2,174 residents in the 2010 census, and up from just 5 residents in 2000; however, at any given time, several thousand transient workers support the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field.
The North Slope Borough is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and, thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as a whole. As of the 2020 census , the population was 11,031. [ 3 ]
Wainwright (Alaska) Plantilla:Borough de North Slope; Categoria:Borough de North Slope; Prudhoe Bay; Llista de boroughs i àrees censals d'Alaska; Usage on ceb.wikipedia.org North Slope Borough; Usage on ce.wikipedia.org Норт-Слоуп (боро) Usage on cy.wikipedia.org North Slope Borough, Alaska; Usage on de.wikipedia.org Prudhoe Bay ...
Alaska: Borough: North Slope: Incorporated: June 8, 1959 [2] ... ZIP code: 99723 [4] Area code: 907: ... Prudhoe Bay, and Wainwright) must be airlifted in by plane ...
The Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, area was developed to house personnel, provide support for drilling operations, and transport oil to the Alaskan pipeline. [2] Prior to 1977, oil seeps (small pores or fissure networks through which liquid petroleum emerges at the surface of the land) [3] on the Arctic coastal plain had caught the attention of the U.S. petroleum interests. [2]
Endicott Island is a 45-acre (18 ha) artificial island located in the U.S. state of Alaska, 2.5 miles (4 km) offshore and 15 miles (24 km) from Prudhoe Bay of the Beaufort Sea. Endicott Island was built in 1987 by Alaska Interstate Construction and is used by BP and Hilcorp Alaska for petroleum production .
Nov. 26—An Alaska Native-owned drilling company has installed what it says are the first wind energy turbines erected near Alaska's giant Prudhoe Bay oil field. The two 100-kilowatt turbines ...
The National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska is to the West, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the east, and Prudhoe Bay is between them. The Alaska North Slope is the region of the U.S. state of Alaska located on the northern slope of the Brooks Range along the coast of two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea being on the ...