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Alaska charges other states for oil? Why does the State have oil to begin with? Are there state oil riggs?
I'm almost loath to respond to this question because the mere asking of it betrays a complete lack of understanding. However, I did notice you seem to have put together a cogent response in another post so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
No, Alaska doesn't charge "other states." The state has land. If land is not privately owed, it is.....that's right, Publicly owned. The state also has land it has acquired. If the state then sells a contract to an oil company to develop the oil resources on that land, the company agrees to pay some amount of money for those valuable rights and the state has income. I'm also guessing that Alaska has maintained right over the pipeline land and probably receives some money from that on an annual basis.
No, Alaska has not nationalized, or state-ized, the development of oil resources there. They do not own oil rigs. As with most countries and states that have developed their natural resources, Alaska has leased that to commercial firms that do that type of work.