TAPS at 35: Accounting for the Oil Revenues

Thirty-five years ago, on June 20, 1977, oil from state-owned land on the North Slope began flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline. Since then, the state has collected $170 billion in oil revenues, in today’s dollars.i Petroleum (both oil and gas) still in the ground might generate another $100 b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldsmith, Oliver Scott
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3922
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Summary:Thirty-five years ago, on June 20, 1977, oil from state-owned land on the North Slope began flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline. Since then, the state has collected $170 billion in oil revenues, in today’s dollars.i Petroleum (both oil and gas) still in the ground might generate another $100 billion for the state.ii What has Alaska done with its oil wealth so far? Northrim Bank.