Biden administration officials in the Bureau of Land Management on Monday announced their plans to return to Obama-era rules for oil and gas development in the vast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska... Read more
The OPEC+ alliance of 23 oil-producing nations, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, is continuing along the path of boosting its oil production target by 400,000 barrels a day every month since last... Read more
State oil and gas regulators hit Hilcorp Energy with two more fines totaling $64,000 to end 2021 for violating well work rules at a pair of its Cook Inlet fields.
The fine orders were issued back-to-... Read more
A national environmental group is planning to sue the Interior Department to stop oil exploration work in a broad swath of northwest Alaska congressionally designated for the activity, citing risks... Read more
A new policy from the Biden administration increases the country’s pressure on the rest of the world to move away from fossil fuels.
The policy “rules out” U.S. government support for most new coal-... Read more
It took a win in Alaska’s highest court to get it, but Hollis French has had his day in front of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
“It went about the way I thought it would,” he said... Read more
ConocoPhillips continued its march west on the North Slope this week with the startup of oil production from its second development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
The Houston-based... Read more
While the world walks, talks and turns toward a greener energy future, it still will need enough oil and natural gas to fuel power plants, cars, trucks and airplanes, heat homes, businesses and... Read more
Hollis French has a complicated relationship with the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and he’s about to add to it.
The former Anchorage state senator and Democratic candidate for... Read more
A brief but anticipated report from Interior Department leaders largely concludes the government is not charging enough for oil and gas produced from federal territory.
Industry representatives said... Read more
Sometime next year, when Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass terminal in Louisiana ramps up toward full production and Cheniere Energy starts commercial operations through the latest addition to its... Read more
ConocoPhillips Alaska is coming out of the industrywide pandemic slowdown with a $1 billion-plus oil project almost ready to go and a lengthy lineup of North Slope prospects behind that.
The Houston-... Read more
Hilcorp Alaska has arrested a longstanding downward trend in oil production at Prudhoe Bay in the year-plus the company has run the iconic North Slope field but, according to Hilcorp leaders, it isn’... Read more
If there’s any country that might’ve been in a position to rescue Europe from its energy crisis, it’s the U.S., which is home to vast shale fields holding a seemingly endless supply of natural gas... Read more
President Joe Biden’s administration has said it is considering releasing oil from emergency reserves, among other things, to help bring down costs as gas prices surge in the United States.
Gas... Read more
Some of the players in a failed North Slope oil project want to revive the state-backed field under a new name.
Alaska Division of Oil and Gas officials in mid-September approved the transfer of... Read more
Exporting Alaska’s natural gas to power-generating customers in Asia would roughly halve carbon dioxide emissions versus burning coal, according to a study commissioned by the agency leading the... Read more
Officials in the Alaska Department of Natural Resources have agreed with Petro Star Inc. on a royalty oil sale that avoids the need for legislative approval.
A best interest finding signed by DNR... Read more
An LNG trader with some extra of the heating and power-generation fuel to sell in Asia this month could make $100 million more than what it was worth less than 18 months ago.
The $100 million is not... Read more
For several years now state officials and the leaders of Alaska’s oil industry have been touting a “North Slope renaissance” driven by large projects tapping newly discovered conventional Nanushuk... Read more
While the rest of the energy world deals with reluctant lenders and insurers, activist investors and pension funds turning away from fossil fuels, politicians and citizenry pushing to accelerate the... Read more
Gov. Mike Dunleavy added a unique perspective to the state’s team trying to build the massive and long-sought Alaska LNG Project when he named Janet Weiss of Anchorage to the Alaska Gasline... Read more
The future of the multibillion-dollar Pikka oil project on the North Slope is unclear, but what is almost certain is that it will be changing hands for the third time in six years.
Papua New Guinea-... Read more
Oil-price forecasters mostly focus on two things: supply and demand. They watch the Middle East, follow global politics, track industrial activity and other economic indicators. All of which can... Read more
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge’s ruling against its oil leasing moratorium and deepening government scrutiny of the activity it blames for fanning climate change,... Read more
A new policy from the Biden administration increases the country’s pressure on the rest of the world to move away from fossil fuels. The policy “rules out” U.S. government support for most new coal-... Read more
It took a win in Alaska’s highest court to get it, but Hollis French has had his day in front of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. “It went about the way I thought it would,” he said... Read more
ConocoPhillips continued its march west on the North Slope this week with the startup of oil production from its second development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The Houston-based... Read more
A brief but anticipated report from Interior Department leaders largely concludes the government is not charging enough for oil and gas produced from federal territory. Industry representatives said... Read more
Hilcorp Alaska has arrested a longstanding downward trend in oil production at Prudhoe Bay in the year-plus the company has run the iconic North Slope field but, according to Hilcorp leaders, it isn’... Read more
If there’s any country that might’ve been in a position to rescue Europe from its energy crisis, it’s the U.S., which is home to vast shale fields holding a seemingly endless supply of natural gas... Read more
Exporting Alaska’s natural gas to power-generating customers in Asia would roughly halve carbon dioxide emissions versus burning coal, according to a study commissioned by the agency leading the... Read more
An LNG trader with some extra of the heating and power-generation fuel to sell in Asia this month could make $100 million more than what it was worth less than 18 months ago. The $100 million is not... Read more
For several years now state officials and the leaders of Alaska’s oil industry have been touting a “North Slope renaissance” driven by large projects tapping newly discovered conventional Nanushuk... Read more
Gov. Mike Dunleavy added a unique perspective to the state’s team trying to build the massive and long-sought Alaska LNG Project when he named Janet Weiss of Anchorage to the Alaska Gasline... Read more