The Explorers 2010: Interior Alaska basins 11/14/2010
Although analysts think that the majority of Alaska's oil and gas resources lie within the major basins of northern Alaska, Cook Inlet and the Bristol Bay area, there are several other basins around t...

Doyon Drilling sues Texas engineering firm 06/06/2010
Federal lawsuit accuses Loadmaster of slow and subpar work, delaying arrival of Rig 25 on Alaska's North Slope to work for BP
Anchorage-based Doyon Drilling Inc. is suing a Texas engineering and design company, accusing the firm of chronically late and shoddy work on a new rig to serve BP on Alaska's North Slope. Doyon filed...

Doyon eyeing winter seismic in Nenana 04/25/2010
Shoot would gather information about the less well-known northern end of the Interior basin, follow up on 2009 exploration well
Doyon Ltd. is looking to gather seismic data in the Nenana Basin next winter. The Alaska Native corporation for the Interior wants to follow up on a 2009 exploration well it drilled in a region 50 mil...

State, feds investigate spill at North Slope's Lisburne field 12/27/2009
Ruptured pipe in BP-operated field releases estimated 45,828 gallons of oil and water; criminal and civil probes under way by Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, US EPA
State and federal authorities confirm they're conducting criminal and civil investigations into a pipeline rupture discovered in the BP-operated Lisburne oil field on Nov. 29. Weld Royal, spokeswoman...

The Explorers 2009: Interior Alaska basins 11/15/2009
Although analysts think that the majority of Alaska's oil and gas resources lie within the major basins of northern Alaska, Cook Inlet and the Bristol Bay area, there are several other basins around t...

ConocoPhillips spuds new well at Beluga 08/09/2009
On July 31 ConocoPhillips spud the Beluga River Unit 232-23 well, a new development well, in the Beluga River gas field on the west side of Alaska's Cook Inlet, using Doyon Drilling's Arctic Fox No. 1...

Drillers near target at Nenana gas well 08/02/2009
Well passes depth of 7,000 feet on its way to zones where gas may be found; target depth for $15 million well 11,000-15,000 feet
Excitement is building on a gravel drilling pad a few miles west of the Parks Highway and the town of Nenana in Alaska's Interior as the Nunivak No. 1 well, the first exploration well to test one of t...

Moving the goal post at Prudhoe Bay 07/12/2009
Advanced technologies continue to increase expectations for oil recovery; upgrades for future gas production may cost billions
Evolving oilfield technologies have greatly extended the life of the giant, BP-operated Prudhoe Bay field on Alaska's North Slope and are set to enable continued oil production from the field for deca...

Nenana gas exploration well spuds 07/12/2009
Drilling under way after a delay of several days because of Minto Flats forest fire; no immediate fire threat to the drill site; $15 million well targeted to 10,500-11,000 feet with Arctic Wolf No. 2 rig
Drilling is finally under way at the much anticipated Nunivak No. 1 natural gas exploration well on Alaska Mental Health Trust Land about 3 miles west of the town of Nenana in Alaska's interior. The w...

Rig moves to Nenana 06/28/2009
Partners Doyon, Usibelli, ASRC, Rampart prepare to drill Interior Alaska wildcat
On June 23 the Arctic Wolf No. 2 rig left Fairbanks, Alaska, in what the local newspaper described as "a slow caravan of tractor-trailers" on its way south to the Nenana basin to drill a natural gas e...

State approves UltraStar's Dewline unit 06/14/2009
One exploratory well drilled over winter, but Weeks won't reveal the results or cost; second well to be drilled by May 2013
Alaska regulators have approved formation of UltraStar Exploration LLC's Dewline unit on the North Slope. The five-year unit agreement is important because it will extend the three state leases com...

Oil Patch Insider 01/18/2009
Doomsday clock edges closer to midnight for Mackenzie line; FEX to release Alaska budget at Meet Alaska conference
The thought on a growing number of Canadian minds is now out in the open. The Mackenzie Gas Project is the pipeline "nobody wants anymore," said a headline in the Financial Post. The story speculated...

Oil Patch Insider 01/11/2009
2009 sealift includes Liberty, Prudhoe rigs, Nikaitchuq equipment; Parker opening Alaska office; Dowland-Bach sold
Five barges will be part of a Crowley sealift to Alaska's North Slope in the summer of 2009. BP's Liberty rig will be on two of the barges - new 455 series barges - and will depart Washington on July...

On track at Nenana 11/23/2008
Doyon and partners form deal with Babcock and Brown Energy to drill well
With the triple fillip of a new partner, favorable production tax terms and an extended state exploration license, the group of businesses that is looking for natural gas in the Nenana basin in Alaska...