Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

O Snlhvan PB, Green PF, Bergman SC, Decker J, Duddy IR, Gleadow AJW, Tnmer DL (1993) Multiple phases of Tertiary uplift and erosion in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, revealed by apatite fission track analysis. AAPG Bnll 77 359-385... 

U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey. 2001. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 Area, petroleum assessment, 1998, including economic analysis. USGS Fact Sheet FS-028-01 (Supersedes FS-040-98) April 2001. 

The major oil fields of Alaska lie in the northern part of the state. The narrow strip called the North Slope lies between the Brooks Range In the south and the Beaufort Sea coast in the north (Figure 1). Giant fields and a few smaller field discovered and currently producing on the North Slope include Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk River, West Sak, LIsburne, Milne Point, and Endicott. To the west of these producing fields lies the National Petroleum Reserves - Alaska (NPR) while the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is located to the east. North Slope production is divided primarily Into two major units the Prudhoe Bay Unit and the Kuparuk River Unit (Figure 2). The Prudhoe Bay Unit production is from deeper and older formations while Kuparuk River Unit production is from shallower reservoirs with low API and low GOR. 

The northern Alaskan undiscovered conventional natural gas resource estimates are given in Table II. It should be noted that the 31.3 trillion SCF of estimated gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) corresponds to an approximately 10% probability. 

Byrd, G.V., G.T. McClellan, and J.P. Fuller. 1988. To Determine the Efficacy and Environmental Hazards of Compound 1080 (Sodium Fluoroacetate) as a Control Agent for Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) on Kiska Island, Aleutians Islands Unit — Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (AIU-AMNWR) (Field Investigations). Unpublished final progress report by AIU-AMNWR. 22 pp. 

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