Shell gets EPA air permits for Beaufort 06/24/2007
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued air quality control minor permits for Shell's planned drilling program in the Beaufort Sea. There are separate permits for operations by the Kulluk...

BP cleared of allegations 02/18/2007
Investigation spurred by Hamel's well cellar leak accusations vindicates company
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has issued its report on its investigation into allegations by oil industry watchdog Charles Hamel concerning drilling pad and tundra contamination from...

Oil Patch Insider 09/17/2006
Canadian drillers count on hot winter; oil sands land costly prize
Canada is ready to enter the prime winter drilling season flush with rigs and support equipment and anticipating a lively pace of activity. The rig fleet in Western Canada stands at 810, up 148 from j...

DEC moves on Escopeta's air quality permit to use jack-up to drill Inlet wells 08/06/2006
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has announced its intention of issuing an air quality permit to Escopeta Oil and Gas Corp. for the operation of a jack-up drilling rig in four offsh...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: MWH focuses on the environment 07/18/2004
The company's services range from environmental consulting to building environment-related facilities
In recent years people have become increasingly aware of the impact of human activity on the earth's environment. As a result the development and operation of industrial, commercial, military or resid...

Forest Service sued over Katalla 08/17/2003
Native regional corporation Chugach Alaska says preventing access prevents cleanup
Environmental groups, represented by Trustees for Alaska and the National Wildlife Federation, have sued the U.S. Forest Service in federal court in Anchorage, Alaska, asking the court to disallow a p...

Permitting time clock restarted on Katalla exploration project 11/03/2002
The state has restarted the permitting time clock for the Cassandra Energy Corp.'s Katalla oil and gas exploration project in the east Copper River Delta region 56 miles southeast of Cordova. Cassand...

Oil Patch Insider 09/01/2002
Unocal plans layoffs; will suspend operations on Baker, Dillon platforms Nov. 1 is the date currently scheduled for Unocal to begin laying off personnel in Alaska. The Insider learned that management...

Jeff Mach to head governor's new permit streamlining group at DEC 12/23/2001
Mach, 15-year veteran of the Department of Environmental Conservation, will also be in charge of spill contingency plans at DEC, replacing Susan Harvey
Michele Brown, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner, has named Jeff Mach team leader of DEC's new special project permitting team. Announced by Gov. Tony Knowles Dec. 12 as pa...

Cosmopolitan drilling set to begin, first spill drill held 10/14/2001
Phillips Alaska Inc. plans to spud the first well at its proposed Cosmopolitan unit near Nikiski in Lower Cook Inlet the week of Oct. 14, Phillips spokeswoman Dawn Patience told PNA Oct. 10. Drilling...

Winstar blazes trail for independent producers on North Slope 03/28/2001
Company hopes to drill first well in November; Jim Weeks credits Knowles charter agreement with BP and ARCO for opening the North Slope to competition
Former ARCO Alaska Inc. executive Jim Weeks is the point man behind Winstar Petroleum LLC's efforts to be the first independent petroleum company producing oil on Alaska's North Slope. Weeks, Winstar...

Hairline fracture on SeaRiver North Slope causes sheen at Valdez 10/28/2000
After a crew member of the SeaRiver North Slope observed a light sheen within the boom Oct. 23 at 9:13 a.m., the tanker, which was being de-boomed for departure, was re-boomed and an investigation ini...