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Current high oil price and availability of new technologies allow re-evaluation of oil resources previously considered uneconomic. The Umiat oil field is one such resource: a unique, shallow (275−1055ft), low-pressure (200−400psia) reservoir within the permafrost zone with no initial gas cap, located north of the Arctic Circle, 80miles west of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) with an estimated...