Prudhoe Bay

American  

[proo-doh] / ˈpru doʊ /

noun

1. an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.

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Example Sentences

The field campaign also revealed major changes in the boundary layer above the Prudhoe Bay oil fields.

From Science Daily

Prudhoe Bay operations have long relied on methanol imported from the Caribbean and Asia by sea to Anchorage and then hauled hundreds of miles north.

From The Wall Street Journal

Human activity in the area, driven by continued expansion of the Prudhoe Bay oilfield and the presence of the Dalton Highway, has also interfered with natural drainage.

From Science Daily

That meant leaving from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska.

From NewsForKids.net

Once constructed, the pipeline carried crude overland across 800 miles of tundra and permafrost, from a drilling site at Prudhoe Bay to the Port of Valdez.

From Scientific American