No relief for pipeline owners 12/12/2010
DC court rejects challenges to FERC orders for lower trans-Alaska pipeline rates
A federal appeals court has soundly rebuffed efforts by owners of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline to overturn a regulatory decision that rolled back increases in their interstate shipping rates. In a D...

BP asks FERC to help recover costs 07/18/2010
Four owners fight to keep $35 million in pipeline expenses, though commission approved settlement of 2008 rate dispute in April
The company with the largest ownership stake in the trans-Alaska oil pipeline is continuing to pursue its quest to recoup unpaid expenses it incurred between 2005 and 2008 under a new "pooling" method...

Flint Hills names new refinery manager 05/16/2010
Mike Brose has been named vice president of Alaska operations and refinery manager for Flint Hills Resources Alaska's North Pole refinery. Brose began overseeing operations at the 220,000 barrel-per-d...

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...