BG Group 'remains extremely interested' 12/09/2007
Company didn't apply under AGIA; tells governor 'we are keen to have a role in facilitating natural gas development in Alaska'
BG Group did not submit an application under Gov. Sarah Palin's Alaska Gasline Inducement Act to build a gas pipeline to move North Slope natural gas to market, but the company wants to stay in the ga...

Tupi find has Brazil considering OPEC 11/25/2007
Brazil is to consider joining OPEC after it has gauged the impact on its oil exports from its newly discovered giant offshore Tupi oil field, the country's ambassador to Saudi Arabia said Nov. 16. Is...

THE EXPLORERS 2007: Gas giant BG strong partner 11/18/2007
London-based BG Group, one of the world's largest natural gas companies, entered Alaska in January 2006, with a Brooks Range Foothills joint venture agreement with Anadarko Petroleum and Petro-Canada....

FEX puts NPR-A drilling on pause 10/21/2007
Independent remains committed, but concerned about land access, high costs, fiscal regime, postpones drilling for two years
FEX L.P.'s decision to put its Alaska drilling program on pause for two years came as a surprise to everyone except those paying attention to the federal government's cancellation of National Petroleu...

30 STRONG: Exploration rigs more mobile 10/14/2007
For many years large, powerful and heavy drilling rigs had been the norm for exploration drilling on Alaska's North Slope. With deep drilling targets in the traditional reservoir rocks associated with...

Pearce sets record straight 09/09/2007
Federal coordinator for Alaska gas line clarifies, corrects statements quoted in press
Sept. 5 news reports carried statements from Drue Pearce, the federal coordinator for Alaska gas pipeline projects, that were incorrect, Pearce's communication director Jennifer Thompson told Petroleu...

Target North Slope gas? 08/19/2007
2007-2008 exploration plans in early stages, expect busy season, gas wells
If Anadarko Petroleum drills the undeveloped Gubik gas field this winter it will be the first explorer in northern Alaska to target natural gas instead of oil, betting a gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay...

MGM has grand northern plans 05/20/2007
Startup acquires EnCana's Mackenzie/Arctic assets, leads Central Mackenzie bidding; Riddell wants NWT gas flowing by mid-2012
Clay Riddell could be the one to stir the oil and gas giants of Canada's North into action. For sure, he isn't about to sit back and let events take their own course. And his right-hand man, Henry Syk...

Meeting MGP's economics 03/25/2007
May go back to reject pile, such as 'over-the-top' route, federal stake in Mac line
Now that cost estimates are no longer a crapshoot for the Mackenzie Gas Project - beyond those wondering if Imperial Oil deliberately inflated the numbers to squeeze the best fiscal terms out of the...

BG Group goes after 'big gas' in Canada 03/11/2007
BG Group has embarked on some housecleaning in Canada, transferring its attention to exploration by unloading production interests in northern British Columbia and Alberta for C$526 million. Three ye...

Oil Patch Insider 03/04/2007
Anadarko orders new rig for Foothills gas drilling; Canada on guard against LNG tankers; Popp takes Poe's spot at AEDC
Partners Anadarko Petroleum, BG Group and Petro-Canada have ordered a new rig and remote camp from Nabors Alaska Drilling for a multi-year drilling program on shared acreage in the gas-prone Brooks Ra...

MEET ALASKA 2007: Alaska roll call lookin' good 01/21/2007
Today 31 oil and gas companies have significant investments in Alaska; in 1996 that number was down to 7
Ten years ago Petroleum News published a "roll call" of oil and gas companies doing business in Alaska. In the five preceding years the number had dropped by more than one-half, from 19 active compani...

Petro-Canada, FEX link up to explore NPR-A 01/07/2007
Canadian companies form exploration partnership on jointly held leases in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
It looks like Alaska will have one less operator than expected next winter. Two Calgary-based companies, Petro-Canada and Talisman Energy's Alaska subsidiary FEX, have teamed up to explore their joint...