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Encyclopedia > 1002 area

The 1002 area is a 1,500,000 acre (6,070 km�) area on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge specified by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980. The area is referred to as 1002 because that is the section of the legislation that mandated studies of both its petroleum potention and biological resources. Congressional authorization is required before oil drilling may proceed in the 1002 area.




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ANWR Features - How Much Oil Is Really There? (1953 words)
However, the prospective areas are under a drilling moratorium, and environmental opposition to exploration offshore California remains strong.
Section 1002 of the federal Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 authorized evaluation of this area's oil and gas potential by means other than drilling, and it is often referred to as the 1002 area.
She cited suggestions that the onset of petroleum generation in the area's Neogene siliceous rocks (Monterey formation or correlative) coincides with the temperature at which the diagenetic quartz facies forms.
1002 area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (111 words)
The 1002 area is a 1,500,000-acre (6,070 km²) area on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge specified by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980.
Currently at the center of the Arctic Refuge drilling controversy, the area is referred to as 1002 because that is the section of the legislation that mandated studies of both its petroleum potential and biological resources.
Congressional authorization is required before oil drilling may proceed in the 1002 area.
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