Exxon's legal extra 01/10/2010
Just ahead of Point Thomson ruling, firm touts drilling progress; state objects
With a judge on the brink of issuing a key ruling in the battle for control of the rich Point Thomson oil and gas field, ExxonMobil has filed a last-minute statement from its Alaska chief in hopes of...

Logistics key to Point Thomson project 12/06/2009
Last year's ice road only available to move materials for four weeks; barges used in summer; rolligons moved significant amounts
ExxonMobil has been fighting a running battle with the State of Alaska over development of its North Slope Point Thomson field - but it has also been waging a logistics battle to get equipment and sup...

Oil Patch Bits: American Marine ends another successful season 11/15/2009
American Marine Corp. said Oct. 5 that its vessels, the American Explorer and American Discovery have ended another successful season on the North Slope with no accidents, incidents or injuries. "Than...

Endicott ROW amended to actual 10/18/2009
The Alaska State Pipeline Coordinator's Office has issued a proposed amendment to the right-of-way lease for the Endicott Pipeline on the North Slope, adding 1.18 acres of state land to the right of w...

Arctic Directory: Whittum new manager at Prudhoe for Carlile 09/20/2009
Anchorage-based Carlile Transportation Systems said Jan. 5 that Ray Whittum has accepted the position of Prudhoe Bay terminal manager in Deadhorse. Whittum has been with Carlile in Prudhoe for four ye...

Arctic Directory: Carlile featured in 2009 'Ice Road Truckers' 09/20/2009
Carlile said May 28 that its Alaska Truckers of Carlile Transportation Systems were featured May 31 on the History Channel's season premiere of Ice Road Truckers. The 2009 season focuses on the challe...

Arctic Directory: Delta, a diverse group of passionate, forward thinking individuals who know Alaska's challenges and opportunities 09/20/2009
Get to know Delta; it's a superb team of people who care about their families, employees, and clients
Q. What do you most want people to know about your company? A. That we are a company that has emerged to become a fast moving, problem solving leasing company throughout Alaska. We provide customiz...

Arctic Directory: Builders Choice Inc., an Alaska manufacturer getting tough jobs done on time 09/20/2009
High quality, lower cost solutions; BCI comes through for oil, gas, mining, and general contractors
Q. What do you most want people to know about your company? A. We are an all Alaska Company dedicated to promoting Alaska jobs and vendors as we construct modular buildings and engineered building...

Out for review 09/06/2009
DNR posts Shell Beaufort Sea exploration plan; Company says it intends to drill in Torpedo and Sivulliq prospects in 2010
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has released Shell's new Beaufort Sea plan of exploration for public review, as part of a consistency determination for the Alaska Coastal Management Program...

USCG commandant outlines Arctic strategy 08/30/2009
The Coast Guard's mission off Alaska's northern coast is the same as its mission off the Florida Keys: making sure that laws are enforced in the U.S. economic exclusion zone, as well as providing serv...

The winds of change in Arctic Alaska 08/30/2009
Politicians seek views on future Arctic policies in the face of climate change, industrial development and environmental protection
As the Arctic warms, the summer sea ice retreats and evolving weather patterns disrupt communities in northern Alaska, opinions on how to respond to the changes sweeping across the northernmost part o...

AK-WA Connection 2009: Green works for Alaska-Washington trade 08/23/2009
Puget Sound ports, customers and others pursue environment initiatives, tout advantages of reducing emission of greenhouse gases
Businesses in the Alaska-Washington trade are focusing on an increasing number of green initiatives, working to benefit the environment and the bottom line. The ports of Seattle and Tacoma, for examp...

Risk to reward 08/09/2009
Exploration takes breather, but project development has North Slope buzzing
If you've been to Alaska's North Slope in the last few months you know that beds and trucks are in short supply and Deadhorse, the center of oilfield activity, looks like a boom town. "There are more...

Oil Patch Insider 08/02/2009
In-state gas pipeline schedules bus tour for Alaska legislators
The Alaska Stand Alone Natural Gas Pipeline is inviting legislators on a bus tour of the northern segment of the project's proposed route. What pipeline project? First there was AGPA, the Alaska Gas...

BRPC: starting small 08/02/2009
North Shore permitting under way; well next; gravel work could begin in 2010
If the next well is successful, and development at North Shore is approved by the owners, production could begin as early as 2011 from the prospect north of Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope. Crude...

BP in Alaska: Initial Prudhoe field development 07/12/2009
In the late 1960s and early 1970s development drilling was under way at Prudhoe Bay, using Nabors 18-E and Brinkerhoff Rig 36. Everett Potter, now retired, was a drilling consultant for BP. Potter say...

New ship to support Shell drilling 06/21/2009
dison Chouest vessel to handle anchors for Arctic offshore rig, provide 100 jobs, feature many environmental safeguards
Because of pending court challenges, Shell is having a heck of a time getting its offshore drilling campaign under way in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska. But the company continues making big investments...

RCA accepts Alaska AG-FNG settlement 06/14/2009
Agreement links changes in residential rates to large commercial customer rates; prohibits residential fees that change balance
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska said June 3 that it accepts the settlement agreement reached in February by Fairbanks Natural Gas and the Alaska Attorney General which keeps FNG exempt from ra...

Oil Patch Bits: Carlile featured in 2009 'Ice Road Truckers' 06/07/2009
Carlile said May 28 that its Alaska Truckers of Carlile Transportation Systems were featured May 31 on the History Channel's season premiere of Ice Road Truckers. The 2009 season focuses on the challe...

NSB municipal allotment proposal out 05/31/2009
Preliminary entitlement decision, site plan for some 5,300 acres on North Slope published by Division of Mining, Land and Water
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining, Land and Water has issued a preliminary municipal entitlement decision for North Slope Borough land selections. The division said the pr...

Nabors rig in place at Point Thomson 04/26/2009
Nabors rig 27E has reached Point Thomson - and ExxonMobil has provided pictures illustrating that fact. The rig has been modified for drilling the high-pressure wells at the Point Thomson field on Al...

End of the start of Badami restart 04/19/2009
Savant nears completion of first Badami well, outlines strategy for restarting plant, praises ACES credits, touts cooperation
Savant Alaska hopes to finish its first well at the Badami unit by the end of April. The local subsidiary of Denver independent Savant Resources is drilling the B 1-38 exploration well at the North Sl...

Savant nears end of 1st Badami well; expects to finish in April 04/12/2009
Savant Alaska hopes to finish its first well at the Badami unit by the end of April. The local subsidiary of Denver independent Savant Resources is drilling the B 1-38 exploration well at the North Sl...

What role for ANGDA in bullet line? 03/15/2009
State sees public corporation handling early technical pieces; ANGDA weighs lapsed contracts, looks at North Slope propane facility
The Palin administration envisions the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority handling early technical pieces of a renewed push to build an in-state natural gas pipeline. "I see ANGDA as being the s...

UltraStar preparing to drill Dewline 03/08/2009
Despite weak credit market and lower oil prices, tiny UltraStar is set for drilling on the North Slope after four years of trying
The prevailing wisdom right now says only the biggest ships can ride the biggest waves, but tiny independent UltraStar Exploration LLC is preparing to drill an exploration well this winter on the Nort...