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Separately, in August, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the former GOP vice presidential candidate, signed a bill allowing TransCanada Alaska to build a 1, 715-mile natural gas pipeline from the North Slope's Prudhoe Bay to Alberta, Canada.
CNN: Study: Tap natural gas from Alaska's frozen areas
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The company that operates the Trans Alaska Pipeline told operators on the North Slope to cut crude production by 95%, after discovering an oil leak.
WSJ: BP to Cut Oil Production on Alaska's North Slope
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Offshore oil production could help refill the pipeline just when the flow from the North Slope is projected to reach critical lows.
WSJ: Drilling Rules Hit Alaska Pipeline
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The most ambitious project is the 3, 600-mile Alaskan pipeline, which will run from the North Slope along the Alcan Highway through the Yukon and British Columbia.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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After the pipeline was shut down, Alyeska ordered all North Slope producers to scale back production to 5% of normal levels.
WSJ: BP to Cut Oil Production on Alaska's North Slope
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Hence decades worth of hand-wringing over the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and the (current) closing of large areas of the North Slope to oil drilling.
FORBES: The Environmental Protection Agency Comes-a-Copper