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Joe Balash
17:22 - 17:47
"Fortunately, with that change in tax policy in 2013, it coincided with the drilling of a well called the Cougar 3. Which discovered the Pika field, which my company now is developing."
“Fortunately, with that change in tax policy in 2013, it coincided with the drilling of a well called the Cougar 3. Which discovered the Pika field, which my company now is developing.”
- Speaker
- Joe Balash
- Timestamp
- 17:22 – 17:47
- Source
- RDC_2026_10_01_1
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 5, 2026
From the transcript
And really, we were far behind. Fortunately, with that change in tax policy in 2013, it coincided with the drilling of a well called the Cougar 3. Which discovered the Pika field, which my company now is developing. But it unlocked an understanding of this Nanushuk Formation. That's what we call it.
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