AGIA coordinator takes UAF post 09/12/2010
Mark Myers, a former head of the U.S. Geological Survey, is joining the University of Alaska Fairbanks as vice chancellor of research. Myers currently leads the state's effort, under the Alaska Gaslin...

Ulmer named to Gulf oil spill commission 06/20/2010
Alaska has been given a seat at the national table in preventing and mitigating offshore oil spills. Fran Ulmer, chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage and former lieutenant governor, has...

Pearce steps down as gas line coordinator 11/22/2009
President asked for resignation; legislative aide Persily says feds are checking his background for 'possible federal position'
Drue Pearce, the first and so far the only person to hold the position of federal coordinator for Alaska natural gas transportation projects, announced Nov. 16 she'll vacate the job at the request of...

BP in Alaska: Mergers, acquisitions mark transition to new millennium 07/12/2009
Positioning itself for a highly competitive, tough global marketplace in the 21st century, BP merged with Amoco on Dec. 30, 1998. With a market capitalization of $143 billion at the time of the merger...

BP in Alaska: Offshore challenges - Endicott, Northstar, Liberty 07/12/2009
Following Prudhoe and Kuparuk, Endicott was the third major oil field developed on the North Slope by BP, the field's major interest owner. The Sag Delta discovery, 10 miles northeast of Prudhoe Bay a...

Pourchot named Alaska special assistant 05/10/2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has named Pat Pourchot to be his special assistant for Alaska affairs, based in Anchorage. Interior said Pourchot will work closely with Interior's senior manage...

Pricing not illegal 02/22/2009
Two reports say high gas prices last year didn't break the law; a pair of proposed bills would tie Alaska gas prices to Washington state rates
A pair of reports say market forces, and not illegal activity, caused high gasoline prices in Alaska last year, but considerable public outrage about pump prices above the national average and a pair...

FERC accepts certificate surrender 02/15/2009
Remaining partners in 1977 conditional certificate holder Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Co. owned by TransCanada
The meatball is no more. On Feb. 6 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted surrender of the conditional certificate Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Co. received in 1977 for an A...

TC Alaska license reaches Senate floor 08/03/2008
Bill must be approved Aug. 2, or license fails; Bipartisan Working Group splits votes in 'super committee' vote to move bill
The TransCanada AGIA license edged out of the Alaska Senate Special Committee on Energy, the so-called super committee, by a vote of 7 to 5 the evening of July 30. Senate floor debate was the next st...

Former Alaska governor asks state to delay AGIA vote for three months-plus 07/13/2008
Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles called on the current state administration and legislature to put gas pipeline discussions on hold in order to facilitate negotiations among the various parties looking...

MINING NEWS: Pebble CEO gets $140 million budget 04/27/2008
Venture's partners set spending for '08 to advance giant copper-gold-molybdenum deposit in Southwest Alaska toward development
The Pebble Limited Partnership- an Alaska-based 50-50 partnership formed between a wholly owned subsidiary of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Anglo American plc to...

MINING NEWS: Pebble seen as opportunity, not problem 04/27/2008
Partnership's new CEO shares views on challenges that giant copper-gold-moly deposit likely will face on road to development ohn Shively, the new chief executive officer of Pebble Limited Partnership,...

Palin to chair oil commission 09/30/2007
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been named to chair the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission for 2007-08. The commission said Palin is the only chairman in its history to have served as a past offic...

Push under way for public financing 06/03/2007
A public interest advocacy group and several lawmakers have a plan for public financing of campaigns as a way to keep special interest money out of politics. Steve Cleary of the Alaska Public Interest...

Oil Patch Insider 05/20/2007
The Buckee view of global oil; IOGCC selects Palin
World oil production has peaked, putting an end to the era of cheap energy, says Talisman Energy Chief Executive Officer Jim Buckee, who holds a doctorate in astrophysics from Oxford University. Give...

MEET ALASKA 2007: Meet Alaska 2007 speakers 01/21/2007
Richard F. Guerrant Richard F. Guerrant, vice president-Americas for ExxonMobil Gas and Power Marketing Co., is located in Houston, Texas, and is responsible for the marketing of ExxonMobil's natural g...