Bridging the gap: what's being done to supply the Railbelt with natural gas?

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OIL & GAS

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Bridging the gap: what's being done to supply the Railbelt with natural gas?

Imagine you're driving a rig north on the Dalton Highway, hundreds of miles from the nearest gas station, when the fuel light comes on. You're not sure when the light came on, but it's on and you need more gas--soon.

Now shift gears to Cook Inlet and its natural gas supply. Same thing.

Since around the 1960s, the economy of Southcentral Alaska has benefited enormously from Cook Inlet's abundant gas reserves. Back then Alaska was lucky', too, to have industrial partners placing big orders, which helped to offset the costs such as maintenance, operations and construction of the natural gas infrastructure.

But the inlet's proven gas fields are aging and the amount of gas they can...

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