One obvious thing Brena conveniently leaves out is that the only reason the state saw 519.5 thousand barrels per day through the pipeline was due to Capitol investments by the major producers the likes of which thus state has never seen since initial construction of the north slope... And they continued thus investment even in the face of the worst price decline seen since the mid 1980's.  Meanwhile, another handy item everyone seems to want kept hidden in a dark corner is this "tax credit" portion... Like it somehow reflects on SB21 and what dirtbags the big producers are... Those credits were left over from ACES and were supposed to generate all this "new investment" and "new production" by all these "new companies" who were going to flock here and show COP and BP how to do things right... Well... Where the rubber meets the road, the truth is COP and BP didn't qualify for, or receive ANY of those credits everyone is so up in arms about... Yet their investments dwarf the "new guys"