ACMP review of Shell's Chukchi plan out 11/29/2009
The Alaska Coastal Management Program review of Shell's 2010 Chukchi Sea drilling plan is out for public comment, with comments due on or before Dec. 22 and a final determination to be issued by Jan....

PGS permitting North Fork 3-D seismic 11/29/2009
Hard on the heels of RCA approval of the contract for the supply of North Fork gas to Enstar Natural Gas Co., PGS Onshore is moving ahead with plans to shoot a 3-D seismic survey for Armstrong Cook In...

Beaufort plan comment period extended 11/15/2009
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has for the second time extended the deadline for public comments on the Alaska Coastal Management Program consistency review of Shell's 2010 Beaufort Sea ex...

OK for Shell plan 10/25/2009
MMS approves Beaufort Sea 2010 drilling if permitting requirements met
On Oct. 19 Shell passed another major milestone in its multiyear quest to start exploration drilling on Alaska's Arctic outer continental shelf, when the U.S. Minerals Management Service approved the...

New comment deadline for Beaufort plan 09/27/2009
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has extended the deadline for public comments on the Alaska Coastal Management Program consistency of Shell's new Beaufort Sea exploration plan. The comment...

Out for review 09/06/2009
DNR posts Shell Beaufort Sea exploration plan; Company says it intends to drill in Torpedo and Sivulliq prospects in 2010
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has released Shell's new Beaufort Sea plan of exploration for public review, as part of a consistency determination for the Alaska Coastal Management Program...

BRPC seeks North Shore project permits 08/23/2009
Company executive doesn't see legal tussle with partner TG World getting in way of small oil development near Prudhoe Bay field
Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. is seeking a raft of permits for its small North Shore oil development on Alaska's North Slope. The Anchorage-based company is pursuing the permits as state officials revi...

House committee moves ACMP rewrite 03/15/2009
Coastal zone bill scheduled for second Senate committee; governor's ANGDA, in-state gas bills not yet scheduled for hearings
The Alaska Legislature has passed the midway point of this year's session, and bills reworking the Alaska Coastal Management Program have yet to be heard in second committees of referral, while bills...

ACMP at play in House 03/01/2009
Committee substitute expected to move March 3; Senate bill in second committee
Coastal communities are battling the Department of Natural Resources in Juneau over the role local communities should play in the Alaska Coastal Management Program. Industry is siding with DNR, argui...

Coastal districts want ACMP control 02/22/2009
Administration, industry oppose plan to establish coastal policy board with authority to approve district management plans
The Alaska Coastal Management Program is back in the Alaska Legislature - and at least one legislator, Rep. John Harris, R-Valdez, who went through the major rewrite of the program in 2003, is not hap...

AOGCC hears Exxon on forced unitization 02/15/2009
Company moves ahead with Point Thomson ice road work; rig ready to go; two-well plan of development out for public review
State regulators and ExxonMobil worked Point Thomson issues from the North Slope - where ice road construction is reported to have begun - to a hearing room in Anchorage the week of Feb. 9. ExxonMobi...

ANGDA bonds, gas line pipe on slate 01/18/2009
Alaska legislators file bills on variety of energy-related topics, including investments, establishment of coastal policy council
Prefiled bills for the 26th Alaska Legislature, which gavels in Jan. 20, cover a wide range of energy-related issues from the state's coastal zone management program to purchasing pipe for a natural g...

Mining News: Niblack Project wins excellence award 11/30/2008
Exploration team earns recognition for exceeding expectations of state regulators with complex, underground program in Southeast
The Niblack Mining Project on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska and its developers have won the 2007-2008 Alaska Commissioner's Award of Project Excellence. Dick Mylius, director of the Mini...

ACMP changes out for public review 11/30/2008
Proposed changes to Alaska Coastal Management Program statutes and regulations are out for public review. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Coastal and Ocean Management said the changes...

Review begins for coastal management program 10/05/2008
The Division of Coastal and Ocean Management of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources is conducting a series of stakeholder workshops in Anchorage in a re-evaluation of the Alaska Coastal Managem...

DNR seeks comment on lease sales 10/05/2008
The Division of Oil and Gas of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources has published for public review a preliminary best interest finding for its next 10-year program of Cook Inlet areawide oil an...

ACMP under scrutiny 07/06/2008
State seeks ways to improve program to address issues with 2003 reforms
Alaska's Division of Coastal and Ocean Management has launched a reevaluation of the Alaska Coastal Management Program, or ACMP. The reevaluation represents a response to some issues surrounding chang...

DNR might allow Exxon to drill at Point Thomson this winter 06/29/2008
On June 18 ExxonMobil held a meeting with officials from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources as a precursor to applying for permits for the company's proposed drilling program at Point Thomson...

Thomson revisited 06/29/2008
Opposing view on how much oil recoverable; whether focus should be on gas
There seems to be general agreement on the gas resource at Point Thomson, an undeveloped field on the eastern side of Alaska's North Slope: some 8 trillion to 10 trillion cubic feet, although there is...

Marathon looks to expand Kenai gas pad 05/04/2008
Three-acre expansion would support 6 new development wells at the onshore unit; pad most recently expanded in 2003, 2004
The Marathon Oil Co. wants to further expand a pad at the Kenai Gas field in preparation for at least six new gas wells and new production facilities. The Houston-based company is proposing to add nea...

For Eni, size matters at Nikaitchuq 02/24/2008
Eni able to piggyback on much of Kerr-McGee's permitting, plans to finish most construction and start drilling this year
By slightly scaling back the size of the Nikaitchuq project, Eni Petroleum is taking advantage of extensive permitting done in 2005 and 2006, by Kerr-McGee, the previous operator of the Beaufort S...

BP plans shallow water seismic at Liberty 02/17/2008
BP Exploration Alaska Inc. is planning a three-dimensional shallow water seismic survey in the Beaufort Sea to support its Liberty oil development project. The survey would cover 135.8 square miles of...

Preliminary BIF out for Mount Spurr 01/06/2008
DNR proposing geothermal exploration area for 16 tracts totaling some 36,000 acres northwest of Trading Bay in Southcentral
A preliminary best interest finding has been issued for a proposed Mount Spurr geothermal exploration area. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas said Dec. 27 that comment...

ACMP moves to new DNRand#8200;division 12/30/2007
Commissioner Tom Irwin said Dec. 21 that the Alaska Department of Natural Resources has recognized the need to create two offices because of the magnitude of workloads and complexities of the Alaska C...

Escopeta's North Alexander well in ACMP review 11/04/2007
Escopeta Oil Co. LLC's North Alexander prospect gas exploration well is under review for consistency with the Alaska Coastal Management Program. Escopeta is proposing to drill the North Alexander No....