Alaska's shale potential figures large on landscape

A mooring station for oil tankers can be seen at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska on August 8, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

Economic driver: a Trans-Alaska Pipeline mooring station

LUCAS JACKSON

By TONYA ZELINSKY Anchorage Alaska

 20 September 2012 06:34 GMT

THE potential for shale oil on the North Slope could open up a world of possibilities for the US Arctic and, if the hunch of one junior explorer is right, it could be the game changer Alaska needs to recover from major production declines.

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