territories, however, as concentrates they are shipped elsewhere. Energy The only producing oilfield in the NWT is at Norman Wells, and the oil is also refined locally. Production of approximately 3000 barrels daily from 50 wells increased in the 1990s, with an $800 million expansion, to 30 000 barrels a day, which is piped south to Alberta. Tankers carry the 100 000 m 3 /yr production from Bent Horn on Cameron Island to Montral. A small gas field at Pointed Mountain in the southwest near the NWT-Yukon-BC border pipes gas southward. In 2001, crude was worth $379 million in shipments. The ongoing search for additional sources of oil and natural gas reflects Canada's hopes for national self-sufficiency in these fuels and for greater employment opportunities for northerners. The Amauligak field in the Beaufort Sea has reserves estimated at 54 million m 3 . In addition to the 2 main arctic exploration areas (Beaufort Sea and northwest Queen Elizabeth Islands), the search now includes DAVIS STRAIT and northwest Baffin. Offshore exploration resumed in 1995 following the lifting of a 25-year right issuance moratorium, which had been in place pending the resolution of land claims. Hunting and Trapping Hunting and trapping are more important in the daily lives of NWT residents than statistics might suggest. Although a large percentage of the 5000 residents holding general hunting and trapping licences are only part-time hunters and trappers, many of the people living in smaller communities earn most of their living by hunting, trapping and