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BP Amoco Unveils Long-Term Plan to Sell Natural Gas from Alaska.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2000 by Spiess, Ben

Sep. 21--BP Amoco's global production chief said Wednesday that the company wants to sell North Slope natural gas within seven years.

"The stars appear to be aligning for Alaska," said Dick Olver after a speech to the Alaska Support Industry Alliance in downtown Anchorage. The Alliance is a group of Alaska companies that serve the oil industry.

Olver said BP is contemplating all options for the gas, including converting it to liquid for the oil pipeline and selling chilled, compressed liquefied natural gas to Asia. But Olver devoted most of his speech to a pipeline from Alaska to Canada, the idea with the most momentum these days.

Olver called the pipeline a top priority for BP over the next five years and said the company is planning the...

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