Exploration credits holding steady 12/20/2009
Proposed FY 2011 budget has $180M for tax credits, funds in-state and out-of-state gas, variety of other resource-related projects
The $10.5 billion budget proposed by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell on Dec. 14 continues to fund many resource development projects started under the Palin administration, and creates several new projects,...

Canada waging Arctic campaign 05/24/2009
Defends sovereignty claims; Senate report urges more local control for 100,000 residents of Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Canada is talking tough about defending its Arctic sovereignty claims, telling Russians and Europeans to back off, at the same time a Canadian Senate committee is cautioning the government to transfer...

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...

40 Years at Prudhoe Bay: Field fuels nation 11/16/2008
Importance of Prudhoe Bay to U.S. oil production cannot be overestimated; field will support future heavy oil, natural gas output
Prudhoe Bay production has been a powerful force for the United States. The field's oil has long been a strong contributor to total U.S. oil production. And energy experts predict Prudhoe Bay and its...

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...

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...

Liddy to host radio show from Alaska 04/27/2008
Talk-show host G. Gordon Liddy will be heading north this summer to broadcast a series of radio shows on issues of domestic resource production in Alaska. Organized in part by the lobbying group Arcti...

Upping the stakes through stocks 03/30/2008
Environmental investing firm pushing shareholder proposal at ConocoPhillips meeting, hoping to prevent Teshekpuk Lake drilling
An environmental advocacy group is asking ConocoPhillips shareholders to weigh the potential environmental damage of oil and gas drilling around Teshekpuk Lake. The Boston-based investment firm Green...

MINING NEWS: B.C., Yukon power lines win key approvals 10/28/2007
Western Canadian governments want to improve quality of life for rural residents and spur mine development in remote areas
Two of Canada's westernmost governments are moving forward with power transmission projects aimed at bringing lower cost energy and jobs to rural residents while spurring mine development in remote ar...

Oil Patch Insider 09/23/2007
Effort scaled down, but Arctic Power still carrying ANWR banner in D.C. for Alaska
If you're wondering whether the State of Alaska is asleep at the wheel regarding ANWR, the answer is no: Dozing maybe, but not asleep. In May, $750,000 previously appropriated to Arctic Power for educ...

MEET ALASKA 2007: ANWR drilling hopes dim in new Congress 01/21/2007
Weak numbers, lack of imagination will hamper Democrats in efforts to pass legislation for or against Arctic drilling legislation
Forces amassing to push legislation through Congress that would open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling likely will encounter the same roadblocks in the...

Arctic Power launches new Web site 05/21/2006
Arctic Power, the Alaska-based group pressing for oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, has launched a new Web site designed to help individual supporters take action directly to inf...

ANWR money for Oregon firm stays in 04/09/2006
Legislation gives company $3 million for marketing campaigns in L48 Congressional districts where representatives oppose opening 1002 area
Without debate, a legislative conference committee on April 3 left $3.7 million in a spending bill for lobbying to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The appropriation includes...

Bush praises House for ANWR green light 06/04/2006
Proponents say bill may be best chance to see oil and gas development in Arctic coastal plain approved by U.S. Congress this year
The U.S. House of Representatives voted May 25 to allow limited energy development in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, marking the 12th time the body has signed off on ANWR dr...

Arctic Power won't get all ANWR money 04/02/2006
Alaska House earmarks $3.7M for lobbying, with $3 million for Pac/West Communications, $750,000 for Arctic Power
The Alaska House on March 27 approved spending $3.7 million to lobby Congress for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. State representatives added the money to a supplemental...

Senate revives ANWR 03/26/2006
Delegation, Arctic Power gird for battle in U.S. House with budget resolution
Having survived the U.S. Senate budget resolution process against all odds, language that calls for opening the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to development is moving to the nex...

Arctic Power plots new strategy for ANWR 01/01/2006
The nonprofit group that lobbies for the opening of the coastal plan of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to petroleum drilling is regrouping after the latest rejection by Congress. Lobbyists for Ar...

ANWR down in flames 01/01/2006
Fiery Congressional debate marks end of fight for drilling legislation in '05
After a tumultuous year of steady progress toward passage of an Arctic oil and gas drilling provision in Congress, Alaska senators Ted Sevens and Lisa Murkowski had to settle Dec. 21 for promises from...

ANWR takes hit 11/13/2005
Moderate Republicans pressure House leaders to strip Arctic drilling from bill
Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, bowing to pressure from GOP moderates, stripped provisions that allow oil and gas drilling on the 1.5-million-acre coastal plain of the Arct...

Battle escalates 11/06/2005
ANWR combatants buttonhole Congressmen, square off as Senate nears vote
As Senate debate on budget reconciliation moved toward its final hours Nov. 2, supporters and opponents of oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge pulled out all the stops to sway...

ANWR clears major hurdle in Senate 10/23/2005
Budget reconciliation bill headed to Senate floor; Alaska, Hawaii delegations introduce environmental protections companion measure
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 13-9 Oct. 19 to authorize oil and natural gas drilling in the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the mark up of its portio...

House OKs gas line loan guarantees sunset 10/16/2005
Energy bill provision signals proposed pipeline's importance to national interest; bill also provides for expansion of refineries
The U.S. House of Representatives passed by two votes Oct. 7 a bill that establishes a two-year time limit for the use of federal loan guarantees in building the proposed $20 billion Alaska natural ga...