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Energy Security: Impacts of Lifting Alaskan North Slope Oil Exports Ban

RCED-91-21 Published: Nov 08, 1990. Publicly Released: Nov 28, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed the impact of removing export restrictions on Alaskan North Slope (ANS) crude oil, focusing on likely changes in the Alaskan oil trade between now and 1995, both with and without the ban, and how those changes could affect the nation's economy and energy security.

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