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Joe Balash

21:12 - 21:44

"This comes from the Department of Revenue sources book, and I can tell you there's a lot of optimism within the industry for what we can do with these, these Nanushuk formations, these Torok Topsets."

“This comes from the Department of Revenue sources book, and I can tell you there's a lot of optimism within the industry for what we can do with these, these Nanushuk formations, these Torok Topsets.”
Speaker
Joe Balash
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
October 5, 2026

From the transcript

It's a dashed line because it's just a forecast. This comes from the Department of Revenue sources book, and I can tell you there's a lot of optimism within the industry for what we can do with these, these Nanushuk formations, these Torok Topsets. That's a line. It's a a forecast, but it's, it's risk weighted. There's a certain degree of caution that the state exercises when putting these forecasts together.

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