The Trump administration proposed on Thursday to open more than two-thirds of the nation’s largest piece of public land to oil and gas drilling, removing wildlife protections for the Alaskan tract Continue Reading
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved this week the construction and operation of the Alaska LNG project estimated at US$43 billion, which has been years in the planning Continue Reading
Drilling in the Arctic has been back in the headlines this week with some fresh controversy. The Trump administration has long seen the development of oil and gas assets in Continue Reading
BP said on Monday it had amended financial terms of the $5.6 billion sale of its Alaska business to privately held Hilcorp Energy Co following the recent slump in oil Continue Reading
The latest front in the war against drilling for oil in Alaska’s rugged wildlife refuge isn’t Washington — it’s Wall Street. Activists trying to keep rigs out of the Arctic National Continue Reading
ConocoPhillips suspends drilling Possible 12-18 month price slump, company says Oil Search halts work on Pikka early development Anchorage — Alaska North Slope operators have announced spending cuts and delayed Continue Reading
A Russian move to size up offshore oil and gas potential in the Antarctic may not signal the start of a rush to develop the world’s last great wilderness, but Continue Reading
In the context of global liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies, Russia’s number two gas producer (after state-owned Gazprom), Novatek, has always been seen as being unusually reliable in terms of Continue Reading
Despite climate concerns and environmentalist backlash against exploration for oil and gas in pristine sensitive regions of the Arctic, companies continue to explore for hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic Circle, Continue Reading
Oil-industry base camp at Galbraith Lake, in the North Slope Borough of Alaska. An updated assessment estimates 3.6 billion bbl of oil and 8.9 tcf of natural gas are technically Continue Reading
