1994 – Ten Billion Barrels

This engraved acrylic moment celebrated, “Ten Billion Barrels – Trans Alaska Pipeline August 1977 – March 1994.”

Back in 1968, geologists had original estimated the total amount of oil in the ground was about 10 billion barrels.  On March 5, 1994, the 10 Billionth Barrel of oil flowed through the pipeline, and we kept on pumping.  That just seemed to make it a special milestone to some.

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