text: Unless Exxon has put in a crude oil distillation top unit to make diesel or fuel "oils", the condensate from the gas is more like propane or butane (in lighters).  Propane cannot be shipped in the pipeline due to it's vapor pressure but light condensates are shipped at a rate of about 40,000/daily from Prudhoe.  The joke of this "new oil" is the fact that these light condensates are not cracked from crude at the refinery, they are distilled out and fetch about $120/barrel.  Ask yourself what about 40 gallons of propane cost you.  The butanes and slightly heavier condensates are worth more money as chemical product feedstocks.  Once again our Elected Mutts have given away a valuable people owned resource.  It's just a fact, the oil companies have more intelligent folks working for them than we Alaskans have working for us.