Projecting the jobs 11/29/2009
AEDC CEO Bill Popp works with Petroleum News and Mining News on new project forecast
Like one of Scrooge's Christmas apparitions, a ghost of Alaska's future could portend doom, or could just prove to be a warning of the consequences of not taking appropriate action. And from the persp...

The Explorers 2009: Northern Alaska and Arctic offshore 11/15/2009
In 1968 the discovery of the giant Prudhoe Bay field, the first field to be discovered on Alaska's North Slope and among the 20 largest oil fields ever discovered worldwide, triggered a northern Alask...

Beaufort leasing in state's 'best interest' 11/15/2009
Finding supports 10 years of planned sales in nearshore seas extending from Barrow to Canada; Native groups claim slight from state
Alaska oil industry regulators have cleared the way for a series of lease sales over the next decade along a vast swath of coastal waters in the Beaufort Sea. The state's oil and gas director, Kevin B...

Stevens: State needs 'incentive climate' 10/11/2009
Alaska must unite to tout its natural resource potential to world industry and Washington, ex-senator tells Alliance crowd
Citing the spirit and drive of statehood proponents 50 years ago, former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said Alaskans today must unite in a bipartisan effort to "encourage global industry to invest in our stat...

Big money going offshore 08/16/2009
With oil and gas employment in Alaska at an all-time high for the fourth year in a row, crude prices bumping $70 per barrel, four northern Alaska oil fields under development, and the world's majors l...

Murkowski places gas line amendments 06/14/2009
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee accepted provisions proposed by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, to the Senate energy bill. Murkowski, the ranking Republican on the energy committee,...

Donkel and Cade get Stinson-area leases 04/19/2009
State OKs transfer of five leases surrounding the Stinson No. 1 exploration well drilled north of ANWR in 1990 by ARCO Alaska
State land managers have approved a transfer of working and royalty interest in a plot of acreage in the waters north of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on the North Slope. The transfer gives fiv...

Congressional delegation, governor object 03/29/2009
Meeting requested with president to discuss Alaska's management of Arctic; Palin says request based on 'false premises'
Alaska's congressional delegation and its governor have registered strong objections to a letter from 67 House Democrats, urging President Obama to make the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildli...

Salazar opens door (slightly) on ANWR 03/22/2009
Says directional drilling might resolve issue of surface disturbance, but wants to see more information about the technology
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on March 16 said he would consider tapping oil from the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge if it can be done from outside the boundaries of the North S...

Murkowski: directional wells at ANWR 03/01/2009
In the latest attempt to open area to drilling, senator announces bill to drill ANWR from state lands or waters outside the area
Sen. Lisa Murkowski plans to introduce legislation to allow directional drilling into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from somewhere outside the boundaries of the area. Alaska's senior senator sai...

Oil Patch Insider 02/15/2009
NANA leases 2.2M acres; BRPC sells Stinson leases; Benchmark pulls out; Rutter bringing in rig
NANA Regional Corp. has leased 2.2 million acres onshore in the northwestern Alaska Kotzebue basin to Trio Petroleum, a Bakersfield, Calif., independent oil and gas producer. Trio, which has hired Ala...

Arctic Directory: From urban port expansion to enhanced oil recovery projects, Udelhoven sets standards for excellence 01/25/2009
Udelhoven's project managers, engineers, quality assurance inspectors, startup technicians and other specialists form proud, dependable team
Q. When was Udelhoven Oilfield Service Co. founded? Who founded it, and what was its original name?   A.  It was founded in 1970 by James Udelhoven in Kenai, Alaska. Its original name was Udelhoven O...

Obama names Salazar to head Interior 12/21/2008
President-elect Barack Obama's pick for secretary of the Interior Department has been an opponent of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Obama announced Dec. 17 he's picking Color...

40 Years at Prudhoe Bay: Richfield, others go elephant hunting 11/16/2008
Geologists pore over few North Slope outcroppings; California company's team gets excited about oily sands in two locations
In the early 1960s, Richfield Oil Co., with other companies that were operators, participated in the discovery of oil and gas fields across Cook Inlet, racking up success after success with such finds...

40 Years at Prudhoe Bay: Young geologist changed Alaska history 11/16/2008
Lands selection officer convinced state leaders to gain control of petroleum-rich North Slope acreage before Prudhoe Bay discovery
Like so many other young adventurers, Tom Marshall came to Alaska in 1958 to homestead on federal lands. Marshall, a young geologist from Wyoming, also was eager to get in on the ground floor of the C...

40 Years at Prudhoe Bay: Mangus laid groundwork for oil discovery 11/16/2008
Retired geologist was among the few who surveyed and mapped the Arctic coastal plain from Barrow to the Northwest Territories
Marvin Mangus first came to Alaska's North Slope in 1947 with the U.S. Geological Survey and spent nine field seasons mapping the geology of the area, from the Brooks Range to the Arctic Ocean and fro...

Congress could reverse National Monument status for ANWR 11/16/2008
President-elect Barack Obama has said he supports offshore oil exploration in areas where it is already allowed, even if oil companies have not yet drilled in those areas. But he opposes exploration i...

Candidates differ on energy issues 10/05/2008
McCain, Obama both vow to end U.S. dependence on foreign oil, but strategies they propose to achieve goal show marked contrast
While economic issues have dominated the presidential campaign in recent weeks, the high cost of energy and the country's reliance on foreign oil also emerged as a subject of debate. Republican candi...

Young geologist changed Alaska history 08/31/2008
Lands selection officer convinced state leaders to gain control of petroleum-rich North Slope acreage before Prudhoe Bay discovery
Like so many other young adventurers, Tom Marshall came to Alaska in 1958 to homestead on federal lands. Marshall, a young geologist from Wyoming, also was eager to get in on the ground floor of the C...

Petroleum Directory: Colville expands service across North Slope, offshore 07/20/2008
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska recently approved the expansion of Colville's solid waste service area across the North Slope, stretching from the eastern border of ANWR westward to Point Hope and...

Senate Republicans table ANWR drilling 07/20/2008
Senate Republicans are dropping the oil drilling issue in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this year. A spokesman says Democratic opposition is too strong, and the caucus would rather focus on off...

Congressional candidates to tour ANWR 07/13/2008
As high oil and gasoline prices draw attention to domestic oil prospects, seven Republican congressional candidates will come to Alaska this week to tour North Slope oil resources, including the Arcti...

Stevens and Begich promote energy plans 07/13/2008
Both want a similar mix of traditional, renewable and alternative fuels, plus conservation measures and consumer protection
As the election year entered its final half and the state embarked on a new fiscal year, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and Gov. Sarah Palin jointly discussed the energy issues facing Alaska on July 2. I...

Oil Patch Insider 06/29/2008
ANWR news round-up from Alaska, Lower 48 states
Gov. Sarah Palin wrote to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on June 23 asking for Congress to allow oil and gas drilling in the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a way to "help reduc...

Oil Patch Bits 06/08/2008
Colville expands service across North Slope, offshore
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska recently approved the expansion of Colville's solid waste service area across the North Slope, stretching from the eastern border of ANWR westward to Point Hope and...