FERC accepts latest TAPS tariffs 06/14/2009
Regulator reverses 2008 order in favor of original calculations for valuing crude shipped through the trans-Alaska oil pipeline
Reversing an earlier order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted the latest tariffs filed by owners of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline in a move aimed at bringing nearly 30 years o...

State, carriers settle tariff dispute 03/15/2009
Alaska reserves right to pursue recovery of strategic reconfiguration costs if FERC ruling is overturned, from 2007 and 2008 rates
The State of Alaska told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission March 11 that it was close to settling its differences with owners of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline regarding claims that the carriers...

Flint Hills refinery sets safety record 11/02/2008
Flint Hills Resources Alaska North Pole Refinery employees have set a new mark for safety. The company said Oct. 28 that the refinery went more than 730 consecutive days - more than two years and 1.5...

TAPS owners respond 08/24/2008
Say shippers falsely criticized efforts to follow FERC order to lower rates
In a spate of filings Aug. 14 and 15 in response to shipper protests, owners of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline defended their proposals for lowering the line's 2005 and 2006 interstate tariffs and th...

Shippers protest new tariff proposals 08/10/2008
FERC compliance filing, rehearing requests by TAPS pipeline owners draw objections from Flint Hills, Anadarko, State of Alaska
Shippers on the trans-Alaska oil pipeline filed a flurry of protests and comments Aug. 4-5 in response to an earlier filing by the pipeline's owners in compliance with a June 20 Federal Energy Regulat...

Williams seeks rehearing; says FERC overlooked inequitable dismantlement fees collected from shippers by TAPS owners 07/27/2008
Williams Alaska Petroleum Inc. is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to take another look at one aspect of its June 19 decision overturning interstate rates charged on the Trans-Alaska Pi...

Oil Patch Insider 07/06/2008
Sheffield to lead AOGA for 2008-09; Craig Bieber novel 'Saylor's Triangle' makes Anchorage debut
The Alaska Oil and Gas Association named Ken Sheffield, president of Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska Inc., as its new president, effective July 1. The association's other officers are first vice pre...

Regulators to revise TAPS Quality Bank 07/22/2007
State commissioners, federal judges hear testimony in concurrent hearings on proposed cost adjustment to value of ANS crude
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wrapped up more than a week of concurrent hearings July 18 on how best to revise the processing cost adjustment to the heav...

EPA fines Flint Hills for clean air violations 12/17/2006
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Flint Hills Resources Alaska $15,867 for Clean Air Act emergency planning violations at the company's North Pole refinery The company has also agreed...

Alaska: Uncertainty looms downstream 08/13/2006
BP vows to help prevent crude shortages at in-state refineries that could result from shutdown at Prudhoe Bay field
When BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. decided Aug. 6 to shut down crude production at Prudhoe Bay indefinitely, Alaska refineries joined West Coast plants and others in scrambling to prevent possible shor...

Flint Hills seeks help from Legislature 05/07/2006
Company wants tariff change retroactivity removed from its royalty oil contract; DNR says this was part of a larger bargain
Flint Hills Resources Alaska has been working with the Department of Natural Resources to get changes in its royalty oil contract and has now turned to the Legislature. With the end of the regular ses...

Flint Hills investing $23 million to supply clean fuels to Alaska 11/27/2005
Flint Hills Resources Alaska LLC is investing $23 million to supply Alaskans with low sulfur fuels, the company has just announced. The investment will enable Flint Hills to fulfill its royalty oil co...

FERC limits retroactive refunds in decision 10/23/2005
Commission cites desire to meet stipulations of new federal law in TAPS Quality Bank case based on 1993 change in valuation
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Oct. 20 issued an order largely affirming an administrative law judge's initial decision involving a method for compensating shippers according to the quality...

Comments to RCA largely support ANGDA 10/02/2005
Flint Hills favors proposed repeal of sections of Alaska Pipeline Act; Anadarko largely in agreement; Enstar wants to know more
Comments received by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska largely support a request by the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA) for repeal of two sections of the Alaska Pipeline Act. The c...

RCA decides not to investigate TAPS rates 09/18/2005
Producers, shippers agree now is not the time: producers say judicial decision important now; shippers say defend rates you set
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska will not open a docket to investigate current rates for intrastate shipment of oil on the trans-Alaska pipeline. The commission took public comment on the issue Se...

Stevens uses legislation to chide FERC over ruling 12/05/2004
Administrative judge's ruling came in August in 15-year-old North Slope crude oil quality bank dispute
Through legislation, U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens chastised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a decision affecting Alaska refineries and major oil companies. Stevens, R-Alaska, inserted language...