Prudhoe Bay

[ proo-doh ]

noun

1. an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.

Example Sentences

Human activity in the area, driven by continued expansion of the Prudhoe Bay oilfield and the presence of the Dalton Highway, has also interfered with natural drainage.

From Science Daily

That meant leaving from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska.

From NewsForKids.net

Once constructed, the pipeline carried crude overland across 800 miles of tundra and permafrost, from a drilling site at Prudhoe Bay to the Port of Valdez.

From Scientific American

In 1988, Alaska's trans-Alaska pipeline, or TAPS, was pumping a tremendous amount of petroleum from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope to Valdez on the state's southern coast — approximately 2 million barrels a day.

From Salon

By comparison, Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, which is the largest oil field in North America, produces 281,800 barrels a day.

From BBC