Exxon brief outlines Valdez argument 12/30/2007
The Associated Press
Exxon Mobil Corp. says a punitive damages verdict of $2.5 billion for one of the worst U.S. oil spills contradicts 200 years of maritime law. That is essentially its argument going before the U.S. Su...

MINING NEWS: Agencies challenge ruling on Red Chris 11/25/2007
Canada's ministries of Fisheries and Oceans and Natural Resources have joined the attorney general of Canada and Imperial Metals Corp. subsidiary bcMetals Corp. in appealing a Sept. 25 ruling of the F...

Mixing zones measure passes legal test for Alaska voters 11/25/2007
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell has certified an initiative that would prohibit mixing zones in water used by salmon and resident fish, setting the stage for the proposal to go before Alaska voters. Certificat...

BP agrees to $20 million for Prudhoe spill 11/04/2007
BP will pay $20 million and plead guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the federal Water Pollution Act for the largest oil spill ever on the North Slope, Justice Department officials said Oct. 25. Th...

MINING NEWS: Ramras suspects payoffs at Pebble 09/30/2007
State legislator calls for AG to investigate rumors that Northern Dynasty bribed officials; Native leaders protest allegations
Village corporation leaders in the Bristol Bay region reacted angrily the week of Sept. 16 to remarks made by Rep. Jay Ramras, a Fairbanks Republican, suggesting that Northern Dynasty Mines paid area...

MINING NEWS: 'Termination dust' prods explorers to wrap up busy exploration season 09/30/2007
Even though the concept of global warming is a welcome idea to many companies working in Alaska, its effects are not being felt fast enough to allow companies to complete all of the work they had hope...

Fish or cut bait 07/15/2007
Exxon, State of Alaska: AOGCC's Point Thomson decision shouldn't be stayed
ExxonMobil and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources disagree on whether or not the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has the authority to order compulsory unitization at Point Thomson -...

Public corruption scandal erupts in Alaska 05/13/2007
Former, current state legislators arrested and Veco's Allen confesses in federal probe; PPT and oil field contractor under cloud
In the latest chapter of a political scandal that began unfolding last summer, three Alaska politicians and two oil industry executives are facing federal criminal charges that could earn them stiff f...

Update bill for AOGCC moves in Legislature 04/22/2007
House version passed by Oil and Gas, goes to Resources; Senate version receives Resources Committee, Senate floor approval, passes 19-0
Bills to update the statutory authority of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act, dating from the territorial Legislature more than 50 years ago, are moving in both houses of the Alaska Legislature....