On March 27, 2015, the National Petroleum Council (NPC) in approving its report, Arctic Potential: Realizing the
Promise of U.S. Arctic Oil and Gas Resources, also approved the making available of certain materials used in the study process, including detailed, specific subject matter papers prepared by the study’s Technology & Operations Subgroup. These Topic Papers were working documents that were part of the analyses that led to development of the summary results presented in the report’s Executive Summary and Chapters
These Topic Papers represent the
views and conclusions of the authors. The
National Petroleum Council has
not endorsed or approved the statements and
conclusions contained in these
documents, but approved the publication of these
materials as part of the study
process.
The NPC believes that these papers will be of interest to the readers of the report and will help them better understand the study results. These materials are being made available in the interest of transparency.