| Annual oil spills in Prudhoe Bay area |
400 |
| Total volume of spilled oil between 1996 and 2000 |
1.3 million gallons |
| Area on North Slope covered in gravel |
10, 000 acres |
| Distribution of those acres |
10 square miles |
| Percent age of gravel used in excess of US Dept. of
Interior's prediction for building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline |
400% |
| Square miles of subterranean oil accessible with 1970's
technology |
16 |
| Square miles of subterranean oil accessible with today's
technology |
64 |
| Gravel mines to supply industry |
23 |
| Gravel mines that existed in 1980 |
3 |
| Area covered by gravel mines |
2000 acres |
| Volume of gravel used to fill tundra for the base of
Alpine drilling facility |
1 million cubic yards |
| Miles of pipeline within Prudhoe Bay area |
1, 123 |
| Volume of water used by the industry annually |
27 billion gallons |
| Percentage of North Slope that proponents for drilling
claim is open for development |
14% |
| Percentage of North Slope that conservationists claim is
open for development |
56% |
| Average barrels of oil imported daily by the US |
8.6 million (3 billion annually) |
| Average barrel of oil consumed in the US daily |
19.5 million (7 billion annually) |
