The Trump administration failed to adequately consider oil spills, climate change and the welfare of polar bears in its expedited study of proposed drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Continue Reading
The US Coast Guard identified a potential chokepoint in the Bering Strait thanks to increased oil and gas shipments, a new report showed on Monday. In a rather imperfect combination Continue Reading
Bryan Thomas doesn’t want any more “wishy-washy conversations about climate change.” For four years, he has served as station chief of the Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory, America’s northernmost scientific outpost Continue Reading
Rosneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil company and the largest oil producer in the country, plans to develop an Arctic cluster of oil fields over the next five years. These plans by Continue Reading
Working through two winters in the biting arctic cold, roustabouts bored three miles deep into the coastal plain of northeast Alaska in search of oil. In the spring of 1986, Continue Reading
In a major legal blow to President Trump’s push to expand offshore oil and gas development, a federal judge ruled that an executive order by Mr. Trump that lifted an Continue Reading
Technical teams from the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) and supermajors BP and ExxonMobil will meet next week in Houston to begin a review of the proposed $43 billion Alaska Continue Reading
Less than two weeks after Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy cast doubt over the $43 billion Alaska LNG project, two oil majors have resuscitated hope that the massive capex project could Continue Reading
US Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, said it is unclear if there is commercial interest in drilling in US Arctic waters, but said regulators should keep the option open Continue Reading
One of the major challenges of the 21 st century is without doubt climate change. For most countries, global warming poses a serious threat. Russia, however, has identified opportunities when Continue Reading
Alaska Gasline Development Corp (AGDC) said on Wednesday it received the last major federal permit needed before it can decide on its proposed $10 billion Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline (ASAP) Continue Reading
Alaska’s dream of building a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal could be coming to an end. For years, former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker pushed the massive $44 billion Continue Reading
Hunt for customers continues as competition increases Final engineering expenditure would need investor Anchorage — The new CEO of Alaska’s state gas corporation told legislators Thursday he is prepared to Continue Reading
There will be no seismic exploration this winter on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Interior Department said on Friday, after the company seeking permission to Continue Reading
Opponents of oil and gas development in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are criticizing a US Interior Department environmental review as inadequate, previewing a potential legal Continue Reading
The Trump administration is pursuing its plans of opening up more federal lands in Alaska to oil and gas drilling. Reuters reports the Alaska Bureau of Land Management had not Continue Reading
In just one human generation, citizens of the far north could find themselves on shifting soils as the region’s permafrost thaws. Roads will slump. Buildings will buckle. Pipelines will become Continue Reading
Norway will step up preparations to claim its share of oil and gas resources if Russia finds petroleum on its side of a border in the Barents Sea, the head Continue Reading
Italy’s Eni said Thursday it will buy the rights of all of the Oooguruk oil field in shallow waters offshore Alaska and become its operator because its proximity to the Continue Reading
— Negotiations began in November 2017 Trade tensions between US and China adding complications Alaska has extended a deadline for Chinese companies to agree on LNG purchases and financing for Continue Reading
Alaska’s upstream oil industry is expecting to see a surge in exploration and development in 2019 as companies drill to delineate new North Slope and National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska discoveries. But Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of the Interior has taken another step towards allowing oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by issuing a draft environmental impact statement for Continue Reading
The Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has nearly 428,000 acres with high potential for petroleum resources, according to a draft environmental impact statement released by the US Continue Reading
For many, the Northeast Passage through the Arctic could one day be a ‘Northern Suez Canal’. While icy waters have frozen such dreams, recent advances in nuclear technology might finally Continue Reading
Persistent warming in the Arctic is pushing the region into “uncharted territory” and increasingly affecting the continental United States, scientists said Tuesday. “We’re seeing this continued increase of warmth pervading Continue Reading
It is the last great stretch of nothingness in the United States, a vast landscape of mosses, sedges and shrubs that is home to migrating caribou and the winter dens Continue Reading
The Trump administration is moving to expand the territory open for oil exploration in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is moving to expand the territory open Continue Reading
The US Department of Interior said Thursday it was preparing an environmental impact statement for a 2019 lease sale that would open as much as 65 million acres of federal Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of the Interior said on Thursday that it intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a potential 2019 oil and gas lease sale in the Continue Reading
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved Hilcorp Alaska’s drilling project for the Liberty prospect in the Beaufort Sea, and this is the first approval for a drilling project Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of the Interior on Wednesday gave conditional approval to privately-held Hilcorp’s long-awaited oil and gas production facility in federal waters off Alaska. Hilcorp is seeking to build Continue Reading
Now that global oil markets have gotten used to Saudi-Russian oil production cooperation that first hit the scene in early 2017 in an effort to reign in global price concerns, Continue Reading
Oil is flowing from a drill site in what is now the farthest-west producing site on Alaska’s North Slope, ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc said on Tuesday. Production at Greater Mooses Tooth Continue Reading
Highlights Expansion of condensate production beyond pilot not feasible Deadline stayed as long as LNG project progresses Anchorage, Alaska — Alaska has agreed to extend a key deadline in a Continue Reading
Some Point Thomson lawsuit settlement terms to be modified Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now BP agreed to terms previously; ConocoPhillips still in talks Continue Reading
Eni acquires 124 exploration leases in the Eastern North Slope of Alaska from Caelus Alaska Exploration. Eni S.p.A. has acquired 124 exploration leases in the Eastern North Slope of Alaska Continue Reading
Crude oil output at Alaska’s North Slope could increase by as much as 40% in the next eight years. Fewer bureaucratic barriers and recent technology advancement continue to make North Continue Reading
The media was all atwitter about the announcement that Alaska might be the next oil boom province, based on a new report from IHSMarkit which estimated that 28 billion barrels Continue Reading
Alaska’s North Slope is a “Super Basin” awaiting a “resurgence” in oil production, according to a new report. Over the next eight years, oil production could rise by 40 percent. The Continue Reading
The Alaska North Slope (ANS) Basin—a prolific source of US oil production previously limited by a number of barriers to entry including cost and access—is poised to re-emerge as a Continue Reading
Sea Ice Arctic sea ice works as the planet’s air conditioner in that it keeps the polar regions cold and helps keep the global climate stable, according to the NSIDC Continue Reading
Alaska officials on Wednesday said they remain confident that China will help the state achieve its decades-old dream of building a pipeline to carry now-stranded natural gas from the North Continue Reading
In a development that could further advantage OPEC members as they step up production to compensate for falling exports out of Venezuela and (potentially) Iran, the Barents Observer is reporting Continue Reading
Oil production from an Alaskan wildlife refuge won’t take place for another decade at least and domestic needs by then are uncertain, a federal report found. The U.S. tax reform Continue Reading
In December 2017, the passage of Public Law 115-97 required the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer a competitive oil and natural gas program for the leasing, Continue Reading
The Trump administration has allocated US$4 million for construction work ahead of the start of oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Department of the Interior Continue Reading
In the Trump era, it has mainly been blue states that have taken the lead on climate change policy , with liberal strongholds like California and New York setting ambitious Continue Reading
Ending an extended session, state lawmakers in oil-rich Alaska reached a compromise that helped bridge a budget gap, the governor said. “Lawmakers in the House and Senate — Democrats, Republicans, Continue Reading
An architect of the Paris climate agreement urged governments on Tuesday to halt oil exploration in the Arctic, saying drilling was not economical and warming threatened the environmentally fragile region. Continue Reading
State residents should review a draft climate plan that balances the need for oil and gas revenue against environmental issues, Alaska’s governor and lieutenant governor said. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker Continue Reading
