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jxp on January 29, 2008 - 11:21am

Small typo "Production in Alaska is has been declining since 1988."

Is it worth mentioning OPEC quotas were linked to reserves? This caused reserves to be exaggerated

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Gail the Actuary on January 29, 2008 - 11:44am

Fixed the typo.

Regarding the OPEC quotas, I think we start getting into too much detail. A person almost has to define what OPEC is and start from there. It gets to be a history lesson by itself.

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