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wisdom in serving as my Major Advisors. I would also like to thank Dr. Phil Bart for serving as my committee member. I am grateful to Steve Davies and Howard Oakland from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for assisting me in collecting my data set. I would like to thank Paul Decker for his time and discussion on my well selections. I was honored to interact with Dave Houseknecht and Ken Bird from the United States Geological Survey; their expertise and regional understanding of northern Alaskan geology was a very valuable resource. I would also like to thank Dallam Masterson with ConocoPhillips and Robert Hunter with the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation for meeting with me to discuss Alaskan geology and my research.