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On the recordFebruary 2, 2011
But what you are saying is we don't have a uniform definition as to how we are defining reserves, and that doesn't allow us to do an apples-to-apples comparison. Is that correct?
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski highlights the lack of uniformity in defining oil reserves for comparison.

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