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...

Cook Inlet recovery act 12/27/2009
Alaska state Reps. Mike Hawker, R-Anchorage, and Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, said Dec. 22 that they will introduce legislation promoting Cook Inlet natural gas exploration, production, storage and deliv...

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...

Noah: standalone line work on schedule 12/20/2009
Parks Highway route selected because it is shorter, could cost less; gas conditioning in Cook Inlet, at PBU facilities, considered
Harry Noah, special manager of the in-state gas pipeline project, told Alaska legislators Dec. 16 that the standalone or bullet line - a project which would deliver gas just within Alaska, not to outs...

Power for the future 12/20/2009
AEA publishes draft integrated resource plan for Alaska Railbelt electricity
The Alaska Energy Authority has published a draft regional integrated resource plan that presents options and recommendations for the future of electricity power generation, transmission and demand ma...

LNG bulls running again 12/13/2009
Huge Asian contracts suggest confidence region's long-term expansion won't slow
Gloom and doom about Asia's long-term demand for liquefied natural gas are evaporating about as fast as the fuel itself does at room temperature. Big money deals are being signed between utilities and...

Seeking answers 12/13/2009
15 lawmakers ask Parnell if state oil tax policy helps or hurts Alaska investment
A group of leading state legislators on Dec. 4 asked Gov. Sean Parnell for a raft of information they want to use to evaluate whether the 2007 oil tax reform is helping or hurting industry investment...

Cosmo change OK 11/22/2009
DOG approves well workover and new schedule for appraisal well drilling
On Nov. 10 the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas approved Pioneer Natural Resources' proposed changes to the fourth plan of exploration for the joint state-federal Cosmopolitan unit, offshore the souther...

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...

The Explorers 2009: Cosmopolitan back on track 11/15/2009
Pioneer plans more appraisal work at offshore Cook Inlet prospect this year
Work on the Cosmopolitan oil prospect in Southcentral Alaska's Cook Inlet basin has ramped back up, operator Pioneer Natural Resources told Petroleum News Oct. 20. In January, Pioneer put plans to dri...

Mining Explorers 2009: Pebble team focuses on engineering 11/01/2009
Developers budget US$20 million toward 2009 exploration drilling; rest pre-feasibility work
The Pebble Partnership, a 50-50 venture between Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and Anglo American plc, put together a 2009 budget of US$70 million focused on completing a pre-feasibility study for the...

Are Cook Inlet gas supplies in crisis? 10/25/2009
As winter approaches, Chevron manager presents facts, figures about natural gas supply and demand in Southcentral Alaska
Natural gas has flowed out of the Cook Inlet basin with apparent ease for around 40 years, in some ways the life blood of Southcentral Alaska, firing heater furnaces, fueling power stations and suppor...

Cosmo back on track 10/25/2009
Pioneer plans more appraisal work at offshore Cook Inlet prospect this year
Work on the Cosmopolitan oil prospect in Southcentral Alaska's Cook Inlet basin has ramped back up, operator Pioneer Natural Resources told Petroleum News Oct. 20. In January, Pioneer put plans to dri...

Kenai gas field turns 50 years old 10/18/2009
Discovered by Unocal and Ohio Oil a half century ago, Kenai created the Cook Inlet natural gas industry and still fuels Southcentral
The Kenai gas field started out as an oddball no one quite knew what to do with, but became an essential component of daily life and industry in Southcentral Alaska. And now, at 50, the field is like...

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...

Arctic Directory: Crowley receives safety and environmental award 09/20/2009
Crowley said June 17 that it is doing its part to keep Alaska's waterways clean. In an informal presentation, Capt. Jack Jensen, marine superintendent for Tesoro in Nikiski, Alaska, presented crewmemb...

Parnell appoints members to state boards 09/13/2009
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has made appointments to the Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute Board and the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission, the governor's office said in a Sept. 4...

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...

BP to close GTL demo plant by year end 09/06/2009
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. said Sept. 2 that it has successfully completed its gas-to-liquids demonstration project at Nikiski and will close the facility by the end of the year. BP said the projec...

AK-WA Connection 2009: ACS sprints ahead in Alaska telecom race 08/23/2009
New fiber-optic cable brings geographical diversity, greater reliability to telecommunications provider's connections to Outside
When Alaska Communications Systems brought its new undersea fiber-optic cable on line in April, the company became the only telecommunications provider in Alaska with two subsea links that follow diff...

Drift River terminal restarting operations 08/09/2009
Following successful modifications to the Drift River Oil Terminal on the west side of Alaska's Cook Inlet, to bypass the terminal's storage tanks and thus allow oil to flow directly from the Cook Inl...

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...

Oooguruk field performs 08/09/2009
Oil production has exceeded Pioneer's expectations; no Cosmo drilling in sight
Good and getting better seemed to be the tone in comments about Pioneer Natural Resource's Beaufort Sea Oooguruk oil field, offshore Alaska's North Slope, during the company's earnings conference call...

Gas shortage stirs pols 08/09/2009
Governor, mayor, senator seek energy security as CI natural gas runs low
Alaska political leaders are seizing on what's fast becoming a burning issue: the potential for electric power or heating outages this winter in the state's population center as supplies of Cook Inlet...

Kitchen Lights on 07/05/2009
State approves Cook Inlet unit combining Kitchen, Northern Lights, Corsair
The state has approved formation of the Kitchen Lights unit in Cook Inlet, combining the Kitchen, Northern Lights and Corsair prospects. The 83,394-acre unit includes 40,733 acres from the Escopeta O...