The development of the oil field on the North Slope of Alaska and the construction of the Alaska pipeline are examples of the great expense and difficulty involved in new oil discoveries.

阿拉斯加北坡油田的开发，以及阿拉斯加地区输油管道的建设，就是在新石油资源的勘探中涉及到巨额开支和巨大困难的例子。

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Above the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in midwinter, sundogs meld into a halo around the sun.

在跨阿拉斯加输油管道上，隆冬天气里的幻日融合成了一个围绕太阳的光环。

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The discovery of the largest oil and gas field in North America led to the Alaska Pipeline.

北美最大的石油和天然气田的发现，导致了阿拉斯加的管道运输。

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The discovery of the largest oil and gas field in North America led to the Alaska Pipeline.

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No disruptions to oil shipments were reported to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which ends in Valdez.

WSJ: Fuel Arrives, but Alaska's Deep Freeze Endures

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

The report showed U.S. refineries slowed down production last week, possibly affected by the four-day shutdown of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline after a leak was discovered.

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