Alaskan Residents Receive Over $3000 In Oil Dividends
The Alaskan authorities distributed a check of over $3,000 to almost all residents of the state in payment from its investment fund that gets filled up from oil profits. Called Continue Reading
Climate activists worried after Biden releases review of Alaska oil project
The Biden administration on Friday released a new environmental assessment of a controversial oil project on Alaska’s North Slope but declined to reveal whether it was leaning toward approving a project Continue Reading
Alaska’s June wildfires break records, fueled by hot, dry weather
A record number of acres have burned this month in Alaska, forcing Indigenous people from their homes, compromising air quality and stretching firefighting resources thin. More than 1 million acres Continue Reading
Top oil and gas players pulling out of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Bucking political headwinds, oil and gas companies are dropping federal leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but the state of Alaska is holding firm on seven leases held by Continue Reading
Russia Will Regret Selling Alaska If Biden Unleashes Its Energy Potential
Alaska is one of the most resource-rich states in the United States, will billions of barrels of recoverable oil reserves. Russia, which sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, Continue Reading
Three oil firms exit Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, after seeking access
Three major oil companies have given up opportunities to explore for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, after the industry and Republican politicians have spent decades working to gain access to Continue Reading
Alaska oil field gas leak estimated at 7.2 mln cubic feet
More than 7.2 million cubic feet of natural gas escaped in a leak at a key Alaska oil field, forcing workers to evacuate and cutting production last month, operator ConocoPhillips Continue Reading
Santos dispute with ConocoPhillips snags Alaska oil project, stake sale
Australia’s Santos Ltd (STO.AX) is locked in a dispute with ConocoPhillips (COP.N) over road access in Alaska, potentially holding up a $3 billion oil project, according to letters from both Continue Reading
Gas leak spurs evacuation at ConocoPhillips field in Alaska
A days-long natural gas leak has forced a partial evacuation at one of the biggest oil fields in North Slope, Alaska, media reported on Tuesday, with one local official saying Continue Reading
U.S. Moves to Restrict Oil Leasing in Alaska
The Interior Department said Monday that it plans to block oil and gas leasing on about 11 million acres on Alaska’s North Slope, or roughly half of a 23-million acre Continue Reading