Monitoring oil-exploration activities in the Beaufort Sea. Social and economic studies program technical report Number 107. Final report

The purpose of this study is to obtain an accurate historical accounting of events, equipment, timing, employment, wages, locations, requirements, expenditures and effects of outer continental shelves (OCS) activity through October 1983. Up to November 1983, seventeen exploration wells were completed or committed, eleven on artifical gravel islands and six on natural barrier islands. Total onsite employment for Beaufort Sea exploration programs for 1980-83 period was estimated at 1532 manyears of which 1,185 manyears or 77% was provided by Alaskan residents.