Bald Eagle Energy, Inc., (BEEI.OB) is in good company as it seeks out oil and gas deposits in the Arctic regions of Alaska. Some of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world are exploring or producing, both on shore and off shore, in and around Alaska.

• ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has been in Alaska for a long time, having invested over $20 billion since 1954, and it’s still there, producing approximately 140,000 barrels of oil per day.

• Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-B) is investing billions into offshore exploration in the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea, off Alaska’s north and northwest coasts.

• British Petroleum (NYSE:BP) operates the largest oil field in North America, the Prudhoe Bay Field in far northern Alaska, along with other oil fields and pipelines on Alaska’s North Slope.

• Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) has a number of exploration and production operations on Alaska’s North

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