text: Or, could it actually be that the oil companies are pumping out more now because its down to $30 - $40 a barrel, and they are shipping it outside to storage tanks or underground reserves.  As result pays a lower royalty here in Alaska at the lower per barrel rate, and sales it later when oil prices go back up.  Thus avoiding a higher royalty owed in Alaska.!  Make sense? Or, has SB21 become a fortunate scheme to take Alaska's resources without compensation?