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Opening up NPR-A
- 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
On Oct. 22, Interior's Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office issued a call for nominations and comments on all available unleased tracts in the upcoming National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska 2025 Oil and Gas Lease Sale. the first NPR-A lease sale since 2019 and the first sale under direction of....
ANS breaks its fall - 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
Alaska North Slope crude broke a downward trend as it edged higher Oct. 21, up 14 cents to close at $63.35 per barrel -- $1.02 below its Oct. 14 close of $64.37 and $4.11 below its Oct. 7 close of $67.46.
West Texas Intermediate jumped 30 cents on Oct. 21 to close at $57.82, and Brent jumped 31 cent....
A positive situation
- 10/26/2025 (Full story)
Following successful testing of oil and gas production from its Dubhe-1 well, Pantheon Resources PLC anticipates moving forward with the development of the company's Ahpun field, south of Deadhorse on the North Slope, Pantheon CEO Max Easley told Petroleum News on Oct. 16. Easley said that the locat....
Production doubled at Kitchen Lights after drilling of new wells
- 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
Following the completion in July of two new wells in the Kitchen Lights gas field from the offshore Allegra Leigh Platform in the Cook Inlet using the Spartan 151 jack-up rig, gas production from the field has doubled, John Hendrix, president and CEO of HEX Cook Inlet, has told Petroleum News.
Field....
North Slope LNG plant goes into operation supplying Fairbanks gas
- 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
On Oct. 9 Harvest Midstream and Interior Gas Utility announced that Harvest's new liquefied natural gas plant on the North Slope had gone into operation, producing LNG for delivery by road tanker to Fairbanks based IGU. IGU has contracted a new LNG trucking operation from the Slope.
"For the first t....
Preliminary B.I. Finding issued on sale of North Slope royalty oil - 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
On Oct. 20, a Preliminary Best Interest Finding was issued by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas to
Marathon Petroleum Supply and Trading Company for the sale of Alaska North Slope royalty oil.
John Boyle, commissioner of DNR negotiated the contract to sell a portion.... |
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AOGCC issues notice of public scoping - 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
On Oct. 20, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission sent out a notice of a public hearing soliciting input on AOGCC regulatory revisions.
In response to Administrative Order 360, the AOGCC is soliciting written and oral
comments from affected industries, community organizations, and the gener....
This month in history: Pioneering drilling in Arctic pack ice
- 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
Editor's note: This story first appeared in the Oct. 30, 2005, issue of Pe-troleum News.
The artificial palm tree that someone once placed on the shore of Endicott Island, off Alaska's North Slope, might not be quite as out of place as it might appear. It seems that about 55 million years ago surfac....
Lease correction issued for Quokka unit - 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
On Oct. 13, Oil Search (Alaska), Santos Ltd.'s operating subsidiary in Alaska and operator of the North Slope Quokka unit, received a Corrected Notice regarding the State of Alaska leases included in the unit from the Division of Oil and Gas, which is part of the Alaska Department of Natural Resourc....
Oil patch bits: Application period opens for GCI philanthropy program - 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
GCI said Oct. 2 that its philanthropy program, GCI Gives, has opened the application period for its 2026 contributions funding cycle. Through November 7, Alaska nonprofits have the opportunity to apply for funding and in-kind products and services from GCI, one of the state's largest corporate phila....
Oil patch bits: Coffman Engineers Eric Jones earns certification - 10/26/2025 (Login to read Full story)
Coffman Engineers said Oct. 7 that it is pleased to announce Eric Jones has successfully earned his cathodic protection specialist certification, marking a significant milestone in his career and a testament to his deep expertise, extensive field experience, and unwavering commitment to excellence i.... |
