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Fairway extends
- 04/28/2024 (Full story)
In 2013, Armstrong Oil & Gas Inc., along with its partner Repsol, kicked off one of the hottest exploration plays in the world west of Alaska's central North Slope in the Pikka field.
This discovery was followed by other Pikka lookalikes: Brookian topset plays such as Willow, Stirrup, Mitquq and Coy....
Sidebar: Little something extra
- 04/28/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Lagniappe is a Cajun word that loosely translates into "little something extra" or "a good unexpected surprise" -- apropos for the Nanushuk play on the North Slope, which Armstrong and a partner first drilled and identified as a huge oil reservoir in 2013 (Qugruk 3 well). The discovery led to the Pi....
ANS ekes weekly gain
- 04/28/2024 (Login to read Full story)
North Slope crude shed 38 cents April 24 to close at $88 per barrel, squeaking out a Wednesday-to-Wednesday gain of 8 cents from its close of $87.92 April 17. West Texas Intermediate slid 55 cents to close at $82.81 and Brent slid 40 cents to close at $88.02.
Prices slid despite a surprise massive d....
New NPR-A regulations
- 04/28/2024 (Login to read Full story)
The federal Bureau of Land Management has published a final version of its revised regulations for the management of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska in the northwestern sector of the state. In particular, by establishing new regulations that apply to five special areas that are....
Upside in gas reserves assessed for W Cook Inlet unit, capital req. - 04/28/2024 (Full story)
A third party engineering firm sees "a lot of upside potential for natural gas behind pipe and elsewhere" in the West Cook Inlet Nicolai Creek unit, which has been operated by Amaroq Resources for 7 years, Amaroq President G. Scott Pfoff told Petroleum News April 22.
"They have confirmed that our ex....
Glacier looks at extended reach drilling versus new pad at Badami - 04/28/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Glacier Oil and Gas, owner of Badami operator Savant Alaska, has been considering a second pad at the unit, which is on the east side of the North Slope between Point Thomson and Prudhoe.
But when David Pascal, chief operating officer of Glacier Oil and Gas, submitted the 21st plan of development f.... |
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House O&G bills in Finance; Senate has House's carbon storage - 04/28/2024 (Login to read Full story)
With less than a month remaining in this legislative session, bills related to energy -- specifically the impending Cook Inlet natural gas shortage -- and the governor's geothermal bill from last session have reached House Finance while the governor's carbon storage bill passed the House April 17 an....
Baker Hughes US rig count up by 2 to 619 - 04/28/2024 (Login to read Full story)
The Baker Hughes' U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 619 the week ending April 19, up by two rigs from 617 the previous week, and down by 133 from 732 a year ago, following a drop of three rigs last week. The rig count was down in five and up in three of the last eight weeks, with a loss of 19 again....
Coastal areas remain open for tundra travel - 04/28/2024 (Login to read Full story)
The Department of Natural Resources' Division of Mining, Land and Water said in an April 19 North Slope off-road travel status report that both eastern and western coastal areas remain open.
The eastern area opened Jan. 11 and the western area Jan. 16, the division said, while both lower and upper....
This month in history: Unocal drilling 5th Happy Valley gas well - 04/28/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Editor's note: This story first appeared in the April 25, 2004, issue of Petroleum News.
Unocal Alaska is drilling a fifth natural gas well at its Happy Valley pad in the Deep Creek unit southeast of Ninilchik on the Kenai Peninsula and will connect the field by pipeline to the Kenai Kachemak Pipeli....
Spring sales begin May 20, close June 6
- 04/28/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Online bidding for spring state areawide oil and gas lease sales will begin May 20 and close June 6, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas said in an April 22 notice of sale, with bidding results available to the public on the division's website at 9 a.m. June 12.
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