Alaska OCS socio-economic studies program. Technical report number 19. Beaufort Sea petroleum development scenarios: man made environment impacts

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:5505129

Smythe, G

The Beaufort Sea region extends across the extreme north of Alaska between the Chukchi Sea and the Canadian border and as far south as the Brooks Range. The region is sparsely settled, with an estimated total population of 9,163 people in July 1977. Over half of these people lived in oil and gas-related camps, with most of the remainder living in eight widely scattered traditional Eskimo communities. Almost all local government facilities and services in the region are provided by a single unit of government, the North Slope Borough. The report evaluates the impact of OCS development on the man-made environment of four of the region's traditional communities. Projections of population and employment have been made in a non-OCS and four OCS scenarios. After estimating probable future community needs in a non-OCS case and taking Borough capital improvement plans into account, the added impact each OCS scenario could be expected to have on population and employment, community facilities and services, plus Borough finances, has been calculated.

• Research Organization: Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Anchorage, AK (USA); Alaska Consultants, Inc., Anchorage (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5505129
• Report Number(s): PB-294314
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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