Mike Dunleavy
30:12 - 30:37
“it's my understanding it's anywhere between $9 and $12. But I'm not an expert on that. That's being worked on by folks that this is their business. But in state we would hope to get gas for half that or less than half that.”
- Speaker
- Mike Dunleavy
- Timestamp
- 30:12 – 30:37
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
But it's my understanding it's anywhere between $9 and $12. But I'm not an expert on that. That's being worked on by folks that this is their business. But in state we would hope to get gas for half that or less than half that. So let's say, for example, we get gas at $5 a unit as opposed to 15 or 18.
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