EIA forecasts $80 oil price this year 01/17/2010
Henry Hub natural gas spot price projected to average $5.36 per thousand cubic feet in '10; storage levels expected to remain high
The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration said Jan. 12 in its Short-Term Energy Outlook that it expects the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil to average $80 per barrel...

Denali sets open season date 01/17/2010
Will submit package to FERC in April, conduct 90-day OS beginning in July
Both Alaska natural gas pipeline projects have now set dates for their open seasons, the quest for customers to commit to filling a proposed line with natural gas. Denali, a joint venture of BP and C...

Noah tells legislators time to choose 01/03/2010
Says Legislature funding too many options, confusing market; Irwin says information isn't in for standalone or AGIA line to market
Alaska legislators heard two different views in mid-December of what they should do about gas projects in the state: Harry Noah, the outgoing project manager for the state's in-state gas project, said...

Energy Committee lays out draft bills 12/27/2009
Policy bill includes energy efficiency; omnibus bill includes Energy Department to give cabinet-level focus to Alaska energy issues
The Alaska House Special Committee on Energy is preparing two bills for introduction in next year's session of the Legislature: a state energy policy bill and an energy omnibus bill which incorporates...

Energy policy: a neglected stepchild? 12/27/2009
The Congressional focus on greenhouse gases and climate change is pushing U.S. energy policy into the background, lawyer says
While debate in the U.S. Congress centers on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, energy policy and U.S. energy security have become somewhat neglected, Tom Roberts, a member of Washington, D....

Alberta's chance to 'get it right' 12/06/2009
Government to release interim findings of competitiveness review; industry leaders say results key to business, government future
Aware, after more than two years of meddling with its oil and natural gas royalties, that it has lost the confidence of industry and investors, the Alberta government has one last chance to "get it ri...

Denali sends 2nd report to legislators 11/22/2009
BP-ConocoPhillips JV has spent $120 million in advance of 2010 open season; has nearly completed cost estimates for pipeline, GTP
Bud Fackrell, president of Denali, told legislators in a Nov. 11 letter that the BP-ConocoPhillips-owned project has spent $120 million to date in advancing the gas pipeline project from the North Slo...

Beaufort expedition studies methane 11/22/2009
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory completed a 12-day Beaufort Sea expedition Sept. 26 to gather data on changing concentrations of methane...

The Explorers 2009: ConocoPhillips Alaska 11/15/2009
ConocoPhillips, the largest producer in Alaska, dates back to the beginning of the modern Alaska oil industry in the 1950s and plays a role in almost every major trend in the Alaska oil industry. In t...

The Explorers 2009: Cook Inlet basin 11/15/2009
Cook Inlet, a major sea inlet between the Kenai Peninsula and the mainland of Southcentral Alaska, lies over part of a deep sedimentary basin that has formed between the Kenai Mountains and the mounta...

EIA increases WTI crude forecast price 11/15/2009
Non-OECD oil demand growth to more than offset slowing OECD consumption; first growth in oil consumption in 5 quarters expected
The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration is forecasting an increase for the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil - up $7 per barrel compared with the EIA's October outlook. ...

$15M for Alaska geothermal projects 11/15/2009
The Obama administration's economic stimulus package is providing $15 million in funding through the U.S. Department of Energy for geothermal projects in the State of Alaska, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-...

EIA expects continuing U.S. gas demand 11/08/2009
Abundant natural gas supplies likely to drive increased use of the fuel, regardless of government policies to curb carbon emissions
In these days of recession-related doldrums, the U.S. natural gas industry may be down, but it's certainly not out. At least not according to Dr. Richard Newell, administrator of the Energy Informatio...

Renewable energy investments recommended 11/08/2009
Draft report from Senate Resources, Energy committees also recommended 'staying the course' on AGIA state-supported gas project
The draft of a report on the state's energy situation, released Oct. 19 by members of the Alaska Senate energy policy group, provides a wide-ranging look at proposals from energy-efficient buildings t...

Alberta's leader in a deep hole 10/25/2009
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach is in a struggle for his political life. Consider this: • His Progressive Conservative party got relegated to third place in a recent election to fill a vacancy in the pro...

$70 WTI this winter, $75 by end of '10 10/11/2009
Energy Information Administration expects energy prices to remain volatile, begins tracking futures prices with assessment of range
West Texas Intermediate crude oil is expected to average about $70 a barrel this winter, the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration said Oct. 6 in its short-term energy and wint...

Picking the test site 10/11/2009
Researchers study potential areas for North Slope gas hydrate production test
Researchers engaged in a multiyear joint government, industry and university project to investigate the production of natural gas from gas hydrates under Alaska's central North Slope are selecting a s...

Railbelt crossroads 10/11/2009
Gas-dependent SC Alaska tries to determine how to meet energy needs
As the Municipality of Anchorage prepares for the possibility of natural gas shortages during the cold of the coming winter, shortages that would cause the electric utilities to activate contingency p...

Field test of CO2-CH4 exchange planned 10/04/2009
ConocoPhillips has patented exchange technology developed in laboratory for producing methane hydrate without dissociating water
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory says technically recoverable gas hydrate resources on Alaska's North Slope are some 85 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered gas res...

U.S. oil imports from Canada rise 10/04/2009
Although U.S. oil imports were down 8.9 percent in July from a year earlier, to 9.227 million barrels per day, oil supplies from Canada to the United States hit new records, picking up the slack as OP...

Judge dismisses Keystone pipeline lawsuit 10/04/2009
Says environmental group did not have authority to challenge TransCanada permit; base line to be complete by late November
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an environmental group that claimed a permit that allows the construction of an oil pipeline between the United States and Canada violated federal law. U.S....

Chena Power tests mobile unit in Fairbanks 09/27/2009
A mobile power plant designed to generate electricity from low-temperature hot water is on its way to the Lower 48 after a successful first stop in Fairbanks. The plant, developed by Chena Power, Uni...

Campbell backs renewable energy in state 09/27/2009
Visits Unalakleet wind project with Vermont's lieutenant governor; six 100-kilowatt Vermont wind turbines being installed there
Alaska Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell affirmed the Parnell administration's commitment to renewable energy at a forum in Fairbanks on September 17. "The bottom line is we face a bright future with an aggres...

No decisions yet on LNG 09/13/2009
The future of the Nikiski LNG plant hinges on the supply situation for Cook Inlet natural gas
The owners of the LNG plant at Nikiski on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula are still evaluating whether to apply for renewal of the federal LNG export license that expires in March 2011, Dan Clark, manager of...

Ready at Umiat 09/13/2009
Renaissance says field development will depend on sustained oil prices
The Umiat oil field, adjacent to the Colville River on the eastern side of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, has remained a tantalizing puzzle since the U.S. Navy discovered oil there in 1946 and...