Drilling in Alaska Is Good for the Earth
It has been a good month for American energy development. The tax reform signed by President Trump contained a provision allowing for oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Continue Reading
Surveys of oil basins in Russian Arctic completed
A Russian energy company said it completed surveys necessary to get a better understanding of the oil and gas reserve potential in Arctic waters. A subsidiary of Gazprom Neft said Continue Reading
Arctic development left Russian environment damaged
The development of parts of the Arctic north of Russia has left its environment at risk from scrap materials and oil residue, a regional leader said. Sakhamin Afanasyev, the minister Continue Reading
Italy’s Eni begins drilling oil well in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea: BSEE
Italian oil producer Eni this week began drilling a new well in U.S. waters off the north coast of Alaska, becoming the first company to do so since 2015, federal Continue Reading
Alaska oil and natural gas exploration boom in question
Congressional Democrats and environmentalists are preparing for a legislative and legal fight against oil and natural gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge after Congress this week approved drilling Continue Reading
Parts of Alaska wilderness open to oil and gas drilling with tax overhaul
At long last, a senator said the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is open to responsible energy development, though advocates said the move is “unconscionable.” U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Continue Reading
For Oil Drillers, Glut Damps the Excitement as Arctic Opens Up
Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration are poised to offer up a bevy of new opportunities for oil exploration in lands and waters owned by the government. They happen to Continue Reading
Small Portion Of Alaska Wildlife Refuge Opens For Drilling
Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is now open for drilling as a result of a recent congressional vote on the issue, which ended over forty years of debate on Continue Reading
Alaska oil companies settle dispute over Trans-Alaska Pipeline tariff charges
The state of Alaska will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in a settlement with oil companies over the value of North Slope crude oil shipped through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Continue Reading
Warmer Arctic is the ‘new normal’
Sea ice that is more than four years old has largely disappeared in the Arctic A warming, rapidly changing Arctic is the “new normal” and shows no signs of returning Continue Reading