A task force has reported to state legislators that a pipeline bringing natural gas from Alaska's North Slope to the Anchorage area would cost between $5.7 billion and $11.8 billion

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The report also said that the project would more than likely require state subsidies or at least partial state ownership. The Alaska Stand Alone pipeline could consist of a 737-mile, 24-inch pipeline delivering up to 500 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from Prudhoe Bay to Anchorage and the surrounding area. The legislature set up the task force to study the feasibility of such a project as a backup to the natural gas export pipeline that would deliver 4.5 billion cubic feet a day from Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope to major North American markets. Two groups are currently working on that project: TransCanada and Exxon Mobil are proposing a 1,700 mile pipeline from the North Slope to Alberta that would cost $32 billion to $41 billion to build; while a joint venture formed by BP and ConocoPhillips, called Denali, proposes a similar pipeline that the companies say would cost $35 billion to build.