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,...

Statoil opening Alaska office, plans Chukchi seismic shoot 11/22/2009
Statoil USA EandP is looking for office space in Anchorage to house the company's first Alaska-based employee, Karin Berentsen. Berentsen, who will be moving to the state from Norway in January, is work...

The Explorers 2009: ENI Petroleum 11/15/2009
Italian major Eni Petroleum took its first stab at Alaska in the late 1960s as Agip Petroleum, but didn't begin exploring in earnest until summer 2005, when it bought a portfolio of North Slope leases...

The Explorers 2009: Armstrong 11/15/2009
Armstrong Resources introduced a new business style to Alaska in late 2001, going after larger prospects passed over by the majors BP and ConocoPhillips, the North Slope's only producer-operators at t...

North Fork's a go 09/27/2009
Pipelines will connect Kenai Peninsula field to Southcentral gas network
Armstrong Cook Inlet, operator of the North Fork unit in the southern Kenai Peninsula, has signed a contract with Enstar Natural Gas Co. for the supply of gas from North Fork into Enstar's Southcentra...

Pioneer gets multiple Oooguruk approvals 08/23/2009
Participating areas, multiphase meters approved; development drilling continues; WAG in Nuiqsut, waterflood in Kuparuk planned
Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska received multiple regulatory approvals for its Oooguruk field off Alaska's North Slope north of Kuparuk in late July. The field, which began producing last summer, rep...

Eni aims for 2010 oil 08/16/2009
Italian firm submits revised plan for Nikaitchuq field, cites work already done
Back in February, managers for Eni Petroleum were explaining to Alaska industry regulators how plunging oil prices and other complications had shifted their fast-track Nikaitchuq oil field development...

Risk to reward 08/09/2009
Exploration takes breather, but project development has North Slope buzzing
If you've been to Alaska's North Slope in the last few months you know that beds and trucks are in short supply and Deadhorse, the center of oilfield activity, looks like a boom town. "There are more...

Pioneer plans four laterals at Oooguruk 06/14/2009
Production has been from Kuparuk formation; two fracture-stimulated producers, two injectors planned for Nuiqsut formation
Initial results from a Nuiqsut formation well at the Pioneer Natural Resources Oooguruk project are encouraging. Pioneer said in a June 9 release that it plans to drill four horizontal laterals i...

Armstrong prepping supply contract 03/15/2009
Successful test well at North Fork means issue of gas pricing will return before state regulators; company asking for $7 to $10
For Cook Inlet explorers, finding gas is only half the battle. Selling it is the other half. Following a successful test well in the southern Kenai Peninsula last summer, Armstrong Cook Inlet seems to...

Slowing Nikaitchuq 03/08/2009
Low oil prices and weak economy believed to be behind Eni's decision
Eni Petroleum is "slowing down" the pace of development at the Nikaitchuq unit in the nearshore waters off the North Slope, according to a top state oil and gas official. Division of Oil and Gas Dire...

Arctic Directory: Merger of H.C. Price, Gregory and Cook forms North America's largest pipeline construction company 01/25/2009
With a heavy equipment stockpile of over 1000 units, Price Gregory International maintains a forward-looking commitment to support increased oil and gas projects
In 2008, H. C. Price Co. completed a merger with Gregory and Cook Construction of Houston, Texas. The new parent company is Price Gregory Services. The merger brings together two of the largest and mos...

Arctic Directory: 60th anniversary in 2009 a significant milestone for Lounsbury and Associates 01/25/2009
Lounsbury websites offer more than services: a free snowmachine training course and animated guide for negotiating traffic roundabouts
Lounsbury and Associates has provided surveying, planning, civil engineering and project management services on a statewide basis for 60 years and takes pride in its reputation for excellence and reliab...

Increasing costs cloud view of prices 12/28/2008
As oil prices fall to levels not seen since mid-2000s, costs are becoming more important for assessing the near term in Alaska
Some say Alaska survived $40 oil in the past. Others say $40 ain't what it used to be. Unveiling her fiscal year 2010 budget on Dec. 15, Gov. Sarah Palin said oil at $40 to $42 a barrel would have bee...

AK-WA Connection 2008: Adaptability serves Arctic carrier well 11/30/2008
Bowhead Transport Company specializes in remote site service and common carriage to coastal villages of the North Slope Borough
Bowhead Transport Company puts the resourcefulness and adaptability of its Iñupiat heritage into motion. Lots of motion. The Bowhead group of companies is named for the Bowhead baleen whales that spen...

The Explorers 2008: Other explorers keep pressing forward 11/23/2008
Despite many challenges, tiny companies continue to prep drilling programs across the state
High operating costs, remote locations and extensive regulations and bonding requirements can make Alaska a challenge for smaller independent oil and gas companies, but that doesn't always stop them f...

The Explorers 2008: Armstrong's back on North Slope 11/23/2008
Denver independent returns, still bullish on ANS oil; Cook Inlet gas well looks commercial
The Denver-based independent instrumental in bringing three new oil companies to northern Alaska in less than three years is back. On Oct. 22 an Armstrong Oil and Gas affiliate accounted for 77 percen...

The Explorers 2008: Eni becomes an oil producer in 2008 11/23/2008
Italian major holds interest in Oooguruk, working to bring Nikaitchuq online, exploration on deck
Eni Petroleum shifted its focus in Alaska from exploration to development this past year. The American subsidiary of the Italian multinational sanctioned development of the Nikaitchuq unit in the Beau...

The Explorers 2008: A milestone year for Pioneer 11/23/2008
Oooguruk comes on line and Cosmopolitan advances toward development decision
In the year or so since Dallas-based Pioneer Natural Resources announced that it was throttling back on its Alaska exploration program to focus on its Oooguruk and Cosmopolitan projects, the company h...

Alaska takes in $9.1M 10/26/2008
New Armstrong subsidiary mystery bidder in North Slope, Beaufort Sea lease sales
The State of Alaska brought in more than $9.1 million in apparent high bids at two oil and gas lease sales Oct. 22, more than $2.6 million at the Beaufort Sea areawide sale and more than $6.5 million...

Armstrong's back 10/26/2008
Denver independent has returned to northern Alaska, as bullish on oil as ever
The Denver-based independent instrumental in bringing three new oil companies to northern Alaska in less than three years is back. On Oct. 22 an Armstrong Oil and Gas affiliate accounted for 77 percen...

Pioneer marks milestone year in Alaska 09/21/2008
Oooguruk comes on line as drilling continues in North Slope field; Cook Inlet's Cosmopolitan advances toward development decision
In the year or so since Dallas-based Pioneer Natural Resources announced that it was throttling back on its Alaska exploration program to focus on its Oooguruk and Cosmopolitan projects, the company h...

Busy winter ahead 09/21/2008
Companies pursue multiyear oil, gas exploration programs across North Slope
This could be one of the busiest winters on the North Slope in recent memory, as some companies follow promising finds and others work to bring fields online. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. appears to be e...

Gulf of Mexico lease sale draws $487M 08/24/2008
Exxon, Chevron, Statoil account for 70 percent of total winning bids, some 68% more than last year's Western Gulf sale generated
Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 207 drew a healthy $487.3 million in apparent high bids, some 68 percent more than what last year's Western Gulf sale generated, and bringing the total high bids of...

EPA plans Class I permit for Nikaitchuq 08/24/2008
Deep injection wells involve pumping industrial waste into underground reservoirs; technique used extensively across Alaska
As Eni Petroleum works to become the fourth operator to produce oil from Alaska's North Slope, the Italian super major is turning to a familiar strategy for disposing of the large amounts of indust...