AGDC: Not ready to identify legislation 12/26/2010
Alaska Gasline Development Corp. to have economic viability report to Legislature by March; studies under way on GTL, LNG, NGL
The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. reported on progress on a plan for an in-state natural gas pipeline Dec. 15. Dan Fauske, CEO of the Alaska Housing Finance Corp. and chair of the Joint In-State G...

NPR-A sale: Only 1 bidder, 5 tracts 08/15/2010
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management had one bidder at its 2010 National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska northeast planning area oil and gas lease sale. When bids were opened in Anchor...

More leases dropped 08/15/2010
Eni, Anadarko and FEX relinquish a total of 470,348 acres in northern AK
According to the latest oil and gas lease report issued by Alaska's Division of Oil and Gas, Eni Petroleum, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and FEX, Talisman Energy's Alaska subsidiary, have all relinquished...

Conoco keeps the oil flowing at Alpine 08/01/2010
New drilling around periphery of the field opens up new production possibilities, while development of the satellites also continues
As with any oil field, the focus at the Alpine field and its satellites in the Colville River unit on Alaska's North Slope is on maximizing field value by slowing as much as possible the inevitable pr...

BP off death watch; future open question 07/25/2010
The future of BP PLC has shifted in recent days from a death-watch discussion to a debate about how valuable the British oil giant will be after it finishes paying for the worst offshore oil spill in...

Possible Anadarko liability for some spill costs causes concern 07/11/2010
The plunge in Anadarko Petroleum Corp.'s share price since late April perhaps best expresses the ongoing concerns about the company's potential liabilities in the escalating cost of the Gulf of Mexico...

Corps Pacific division reviewing request 04/18/2010
ConocoPhillips request for appeal over denial of permit for CD-5 drill site in NPR-A under review; Parnell makes second appeal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division said April 12 that it is "carefully reviewing the request for appeal from ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. for the Colville River Delta (CD-5) project...

State takes in $807,891 at Beaufort sale 02/28/2010
Three bidders, including new entrant GMT Exploration, take 48,000 acres, 18 offshore tracts; highest bid adjacent to Oooguruk
The State of Alaska took in $807,891.20 in bids on 18 tracts in a Beaufort Sea areawide oil and gas lease sale held Feb. 24 in Anchorage. The sale attracted three bidders or bidding groups and total...

Big Risk, Bigger Rewards: Life expectancy climbs as pipeline ages 02/14/2010
With proper maintenance, reasonable costs, conduit for Alaska North Slope petroleum products can flow to tidewater indefinitely
As the trans-Alaska oil pipeline ages, its life expectancy is actually increasing. When oil first flowed through the 800-mile conduit in 1977, it was expected to transport crude and other petroleum p...

Corps denies permit 02/14/2010
National interest in Colville River Delta overrides local interest in CD-5
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has denied ConocoPhillips Alaska permits to develop the CD-5 project on Alaska's North Slope west of the Colville River Delta in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska....

Greening of Oil - Latest from Mac Ackers 02/07/2010
SPEAK SLOWLY, IN SIMPLE SENTENCES ... On Feb. 1 Financial Times' Energy Source blog ran an article that said natural gas producers "have started to contemplate exporting natural gas from the US." The on...

FERC agrees to review pipeline lifespan 01/31/2010
Anadarko presents new evidence that conduit likely will transport oil until 2042, gets agency to clarify meaning of 'uniform rate'
After several unsuccessful appeals, shippers on the 800-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline have succeeded in getting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider an earlier decision that accepte...

FERC: Lifespan no longer an issue 09/20/2009
Federal regulator rejects request from shippers, state to reconsider ruling that Alaska oil pipeline's usefulness ends in 2034
The federal agency that oversees interstate shipments of crude through the trans-Alaska oil pipeline has rebuffed efforts by some shippers and the State of Alaska to keep alive the question of the rem...

Did FERC underestimate life span? 06/07/2009
Shippers, state seek rehearing of federal regulator's conclusion that the trans-Alaska oil pipeline's usefulness will end in 2034
Shippers on the trans-Alaska oil pipeline and the State of Alaska have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider recent rulings in which it concluded that the useful life of the 800...