What chance now for North Slope LNG? 12/20/2009
World market is growing fast but North Slope gas would need to compete on cost with massive new supplies close to tidewater
Few subjects raise the temperature more in a room full of Alaskans on a cold winter night than the perennial debate about exporting North Slope gas in a pipeline through Canada versus exporting the ga...

Oil Patch Insider: TransCanada on Arctic gas; RDC conference Nov. 18-19; Buffett cash to build Alaska gas line? 11/15/2009
TransCanada, with a financial stake in the Mackenzie Gas Project and the prospect of operating the main gas pipeline to southern markets, but no ownership position, is ideally situated to tell it stra...

Arctic Directory: Perkins Coie named among top in Chambers USA 09/20/2009
Perkins Coie said June 1 that once again it has been ranked by Chambers and Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as a top law firm in the United States. Perkins...

Oil Patch Bits: Perkins Coie named among top in Chambers USA 06/21/2009
Perkins Coie said June 1 that once again it has been ranked by Chambers and Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as a top law firm in the United States. Perkins...

Certified wells good policy 01/25/2009
Consultant finds no decertified wells, says certification encourages exploration, development
When Director of the Division of Oil and Gas Mark Myers declared the Point Thomson unit in default in the fall of 2005 it was for lack of an acceptable plan of development. He rejected the 22nd unit...

All about the climate 01/25/2009
Challenging future for permitting as climate change initiatives gain traction
The question of whether climate change will impact the regulatory situation in Alaska is now past, attorney Eric Fjelstad from Perkins Coie LLP told the Seminar Group's Permitting Strategies in Alaska...

Is the ESA endangering development? 01/18/2009
The ever increasing catalogue of listed species in Alaska worries would-be developers; but are these concerns misplaced?
A plot on a map of Alaska of the distribution of animals, fish and plants potentially listed under the Endangered Species Act all but covers the regions offshore the state, as well as significant area...

Nine wells for Thomson 01/18/2009
Exxon says old wells can be produced, just not optimal for reservoir development
ExxonMobil is continuing to develop its initial drilling plan for Point Thomson - although the Alaska Department of Natural Resources has terminated the unit and the leases - and that plan now include...

AK-WA Connection 2008: Law firm excels for clients, employees 11/30/2008
Perkins Coie attorneys draw on Alaska, Washington resources to raise the bar in getting results in and out of Alaska's court
Seattle-based Perkins Coie served Alaska clients for years before it became the first major law firm in the Lower 48 to establish an office in Anchorage in 1977. In the ensuing 30+ years, the firm has...

RDC to hold annual meeting Nov. 19-20 11/09/2008
The Resource Development Council will hold its 29th annual meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 19, and Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Dena'ina Convention Center in Anchorage. The two-day forum will cover topics ran...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Van Nostrand receives Energy Bar Association award 02/10/2008
Perkins Coie LLP would like to announce that one of its energy practice partners, James Van Nostrand , has received the Energy Bar Association's State Regulatory Practitioner of the Year Award. The a...