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Alaska pipeline  

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  • Oil was discovered on Alaska's North Slope in 1967. Soon thereafter, the state of Alaska sold oil leases worth over $900 million, and established royalties that made Alaska one of the richest states in the nation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Alaska Pipeline]

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