THE EXPLORERS 2007: Anadarko to drill first ANS gas well 11/18/2007
Has two rigs under contract, drilling 2 Brooks Range gas prospects, going back to finish Jacob's Ladder
Anadarko Petroleum and its partners in the Brooks Range Foothills, BG Alaska and Petro-Canada, plan to drill the first two natural gas exploration wells in northern Alaska this winter. Gas discoveries...

Nikaitchuq OK'd 10/21/2007
Expansion approved; Eni applies for royalty reduction, needs project sanction
Eni US Operating Co. has received state approval for expansion of its Nikaitchuq unit and has applied for royalty modification for a dozen leases in the expanded unit. The Alaska Department of Natura...

Anadarko plans wells at Gubik, Chandler 09/30/2007
Two or more wells to be drilled on ASRC-owned lands near Umiat this winter targeting gas; drilling will be from ice pads
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has begun the application process to drill for gas at its Gubik and Chandler prospects on Arctic Slope Regional Corp. land near Umiat in Alaska's Brooks Range Foothills. And a...

House acts on BB leasing, OCS royalties 07/08/2007
Federal bill forces more study in Alaska's North Aleutian basin, renegotiation of oil and gas lease royalties; Bush threatens veto
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an Interior Department budget for 2008 June 28 that could negatively effect oil and gas development. The appropriations bill passed 272 to 155. Provisions in...

Shippers, state praise 'first step' 05/27/2007
Alaska officials and shippers Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Tesoro Alaska Co. have hailed a federal judge's decision to lower tariffs for the trans-Alaska oil pipeline as "important" and beneficial. B...

TAPS rates too high 05/27/2007
FERC judge says Alaska pipeline owners double-dipped to justify tariffs
A federal judge May 17 ordered owners of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline to slash nearly in half tariffs they propose to charge for crude shipments, a move likely to generate substantially higher revenu...

Petro Star argues view of TAPS tariffs 04/01/2007
Minor player supports RCA's in-state rates, urges damages instead of refunds if 2005 and 2006 interstate rates are ruled excessive
Petro Star Inc., a minor player in the drama unfolding in Washington, D.C., over tariffs charged by owners of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, offered a somewhat different take on how federal regulat...

State OKs expansion of Oooguruk unit 03/18/2007
Seven leases added to original 12 in Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska-operated unit, acreage increased from 20,394 acres to 50,883
The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas has approved the first expansion of the Oooguruk unit, the Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska development in the shallow waters of Harrison Bay offshore the North Slop...

FERC legal team takes sides 03/11/2007
Shoots holes in TAPS owners' claims as tariff litigation moves toward review
A legal team at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued an opinion that owners of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline fighting in a Washington, D.C., court to justify the tariffs they would lik...

RCA rejects TAPS rate hike 01/07/2007
Alaska oil pipeline owners seek to recoup rising costs in higher tariff
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska rejected Dec. 28 revisions to tariffs filed by owners of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline that would more than double the carrier's 2007 transportation rates for North...

Judges query lawyers in FERC case regarding Alaska gas line regs 12/24/2006
Oral arguments in an appeal of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules guiding development of the Alaska gas pipeline took twice as long in a federal appeals court Dec. 5 as the 30 minutes judges s...

Nanuq producing crude 12/03/2006
Conoco, Anadarko's second Alpine satellite comes online in North Slope Colville unit
Production began Nov. 27 from Nanuq, the second satellite to come online at the ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Alpine field in the Colville River unit. ConocoPhillips holds 78 percent of the working i...