(May 11, 2021 at 3:35 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(May 11, 2021 at 3:34 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: That's a small part of it.
The big parts were WWII then NIMBY.
They did not want the Japanese to be able to capture refineries - so they didn' t build them.
Post WWII the locals just did not want the mess of refineries there.
The bulk of oil Alaska’s oil reserve wasn’t discovered until 1968.
Yup.. The NSB...
BUT - there were other major fields on the Kenai back in the 50s... And smaller ones that would have been enough for local use before statehood. Keep in mind the population was scant at that time...