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November 20, 2007
John McCamey Sweet, '48, '49, MS'50
Discovery at Prudhoe Bay, Hancock House Publishers, 2007.
The book: Atlantic Richfield Company and Humble Oil beat discouraging odds and expense to discover the largest subsurface accumulation of oil on the North American continent. John McCamey Sweet recounts the stories of the many individuals who made success possible and in the process celebrates a colossal oil exploration feat and a world-class engineering and construction project.
The author: John McCamey Sweet began his work with the Atlantic Refining Company, later Atlantic Richfield Company, in Midland, Texas in June 1950, and he retired in 1985. After the discovery at Prudhoe Bay, Sweet served one term in the Alaska Legislature. He resides in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife, Mirabel.
Posted by tobiaslw at November 20, 2007 11:54 AM