What price CI gas? 09/20/2009
RCA gleans views on breaking utility supply contract approval logjam
While concerns rise about whether natural gas supplies from Alaska's Cook Inlet basin will be able to keep up with local utility demand, especially during the depths of the winter, a debate continues...

Homer gas line proposed 09/03/2006
Enstar would carry gas from Chevron unit; infrastructure could encourage exploration
It seems that the question of supplying the city of Homer on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula with natural gas has been an on-again/off-again debate for several years. Government facilities, businesses and re...

Alaska denies Alliance Energy's application to include its lease in Unocal's Deep Creek unit 01/02/2005
The Division of Oil and Gas of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources has denied an application by Alliance Energy LLC to expand the Unocal-operated Deep Creek unit to include state oil and gas le...

THE EXPLORERS 2004: North Fork project closer to development 11/30/2004
NorthStar's southern Kenai Peninsula unit gets funding for second well, gasline north to KKPL
In mid-August 2004, Alliance Energy of Tulsa, Okla. announced it had agreed to fully fund development of NorthStar Energy Group's North Fork unit on Alaska's southern Kenai Peninsula. The deal include...

Alliance Energy applies to add lease to Unocal's Cook Inlet Deep Creek unit 09/26/2004
Alliance Energy Group LLC has applied to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas to add a lease to Unocal's Deep Creek unit. The lease, ADL 390511, contains some 1,116 acres...

North Fork project closer to development 08/29/2004
Southern Kenai Peninsula unit gets funding for second well, gasline north to KKPL
As reported in last week's Oil Patch Insider, Alliance Energy of Tulsa, Okla. has agreed to fully fund development of NorthStar Energy Group's North Fork unit on Alaska's southern Kenai Peninsula, inc...

Oil Patch Insider: North Fork development, gaslines get green light; Alberta on right side of multi-billion dollar slip 08/22/2004
NorthStar Energy Group President Barry Foote told Petroleum News Aug. 19 that Alliance Energy of Tulsa, Okla. has agreed under a farmout agreement to fully fund development of the North Fork unit on A...

Commission conditionally OKs gas sales agreement 04/11/2004
Regulatory Commission of Alaska calls for some changes in the natural gas sales agreement between Enstar and NorthStar Energy
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has conditionally approved a gas sales agreement between Enstar Natural Gas Co. and NorthStar Energy Group Inc. that will bring natural gas to Homer at the southern...

Unocal moves forward on Kenai gas exploration 02/15/2004
State of Alaska approves southern peninsula Nikolaevsk unit, exploration well targeting Tyonek natural gas required in first year
Unocal, which is drilling natural gas development wells and planning a pipeline from its Happy Valley discovery in the Deep Creek unit to connect with the Kenai-Kachemak Pipeline, is also moving ahead...

THE INDEPENDENTS 2003: Northstar strikes deal to build gasline to Homer 11/29/2003
Company looking to expand unit from 640 acres to almost 27,000 acres, drill second well
It's not a done deal yet and won't be until a second well is drilled and sufficient gas reserves have been established, but Northstar Energy Group is getting closer to producing natural gas from its s...

New independent files for Kenai Peninsula unit 11/09/2003
New unit north of North Fork would be developed by Alliance Energy
Alliance Energy of Tulsa, Okla., a company with ties to NorthStar Energy and Gas-Pro, is proposing a new oil and gas unit on the Kenai Peninsula north of the existing North Fork unit. Alliance filed...

NorthStar wants to expand North Fork unit 08/31/2003
NorthStar Energy Group, operator of the North Fork gas field east of Anchor Point on Alaska's southern Kenai Peninsula, has applied to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Alaska Department of N...

RCA accepts pipeline settlement 08/31/2003
Regulatory Commission of Alaska issues bench order after hearing from parties in Kenai-Nikiski Pipeline dispute
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has issued authorizations necessary for the new Kenai Kachemak Pipeline to begin transporting natural gas. It has also approved a settlement agreement which allows...

NorthStar, Enstar strike gas deal; calls for pipeline to Homer 08/24/2003
Enstar Natural Gas Co. has signed a gas supply contract with NorthStar Energy Group, the operator of the North Fork gas field west of Anchor Point on the southern Kenai Peninsula, and plans to provide...

RCA issues conditional certificate for Kenai Kachemak Pipeline 01/12/2003
Commission requiring 'unconditional guarantees' of financial capability for GUT LLC, revised tariff and connection agreements before first shipment and brief in support of proposed tariff and 'contract carriage'
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has conditionally granted Kenai Kachemak Pipeline Co. LLC a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate a new common carrier gas pipeli...

Northstar's Homer gasline project moves forward 10/06/2002
Following meetings with state, federal and Homer officials in late September, Northstar Energy Group Inc. told PNA it is moving forward with plans to build a natural gas pipeline to Anchor Point and H...

Oklahoma waste firm EESV recycles itself into Alaska energy concern 09/01/2002
Environmental Energy looks to combine Cook Inlet leases with Jonesville coal operation if it and partner Nerox are successful in reopening the Sutton-area mine
Acquisition of three Kenai Peninsula leases from Northstar Energy Group Inc. in June by Environmental Energy Services Inc. is step one in the company's strategy to enter the business of acquiring, dev...

Mapmakers releases Foothills areawide lease sale map 05/12/2002
Mapmakers Alaska has released a map showing the results of the state's North Slope Foothills areawide lease sale held May 1 in Anchorage (see page 9).
Mapmakers President Brit Lively said the Cook Inlet areawide sale map will be available by the end of the week. (Watch for it in PNA's May 19 issue. PNA news bulletin subscribers will receive an elect...

North Slope Foothills bidders set record for acres leased in state sale 05/05/2002
Petro-Canada dominant player in 1.1 million acre, $10.3 million sale
The state of Alaska held two areawide lease sales in Anchorage May 1. The North Slope Foothills sale brought in $10,266,086.40 in apparent high bonus bids and at 1,119,360 acres (201 bids on 197 tract...

Northstar Energy wants to build gasline to Anchor Point 05/05/2002
Northstar Energy Group Inc. said April 26 it is in discussions with investor groups about building a gas pipeline from Ninilchik to Anchor Point and is studying the feasibility of a distribution line...

Tulsa group buys Gas-Pro Alaska, is permitting North Fork gas well 11/28/2000
Goal of Northstar Energy is to provide gas for Anchor River, Homer; one gas well shut in, working permitting for second well
Another independent joined the Cook Inlet oil patch when Northstar Energy Group Inc. of Tulsa, Okla., purchased Gas-Pro Alaska LLC early this year. "The entire interest of Gas-Pro has been purchased...