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Arctic's '90bn barrels of oil'

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The Arctic is estimated to hold 90bn barrels of untapped oil, according to figures from the US Geological Survey (USGS).

The USGS says the area has three times as much untapped natural gas as oil.

Duncan Bartlett reports.

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