0:47
Mike Dunleavy
1:26 - 2:13
"our first oil play was actually just out the window here in Cook inlet in the 1950s and 60s. And there was so much gas that that was one of the reasons why there was an LNG export concept that was developed, because you got to remember the rest of the United States was not exporting LNG at that time. We were trying to import and get as much lng, excuse me, gas as possible. In any event, in the late 60s, the port was developed and we were shipping LNG to Tokyo to Japan for 50 straight years uninterrupted."
“our first oil play was actually just out the window here in Cook inlet in the 1950s and 60s. And there was so much gas that that was one of the reasons why there was an LNG export concept that was developed, because you got to remember the rest of the United States was not exporting LNG at that time. We were trying to import and get as much lng, excuse me, gas as possible. In any event, in the late 60s, the port was developed and we were shipping LNG to Tokyo to Japan for 50 straight years uninterrupted.”
- Speaker
- Mike Dunleavy
- Timestamp
- 1:26 – 2:13
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- May 21, 2026
From the transcript
When the Trans Alaska Oil pipeline first was completed in the late 70s and was producing oil, immediately people were pivoting to what do we do with the enormous amounts of gas? Because if you remember, our first oil play was actually just out the window here in Cook inlet in the 1950s and 60s. And there was so much gas that that was one of the reasons why there was an LNG export concept that was developed, because you got to remember the rest of the United States was not exporting LNG at that time. We were trying to import and get as much lng, excuse me, gas as possible. In any event, in the late 60s, the port was developed and we were shipping LNG to Tokyo to Japan for 50 straight years uninterrupted.
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