THE EXPLORERS 2007: Repsol partners with Eni, Shell in Beaufort Sea 11/18/2007
In September 2007, Repsol YPF joined a Shell/Eni partnership in a block of 64 leases in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's North Slope. It was the Spanish oil and gas major's first acquisition in the state...

Repsol partners with Eni, Shell off Alaska in Beaufort Sea 09/30/2007
Repsol YPF has joined Shell and Eni in a block of 64 leases in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's North Slope. It's the Spanish oil and gas major's first acquisition in the state. Shell and Eni exchanged w...

Pearce sets record straight 09/09/2007
Federal coordinator for Alaska gas line clarifies, corrects statements quoted in press
Sept. 5 news reports carried statements from Drue Pearce, the federal coordinator for Alaska gas pipeline projects, that were incorrect, Pearce's communication director Jennifer Thompson told Petroleu...

FERC praises Palin's progress on gas line 08/19/2007
Fourth report from federal regulatory agency on Alaska natural gas pipeline progress cites state, federal advancements
Both the State of Alaska and the federal government have made progress toward an Alaska natural gas pipeline project, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told Congress Aug. 15 in its fourth semi-...

Bisson named adviser for Alaska affairs 06/10/2007
Henri Bisson, former Alaska state director of the Bureau of Land Management, has been named acting senior advisor to the secretary of the Interior for Alaska affairs, replacing Drue Pearce, who was na...

Senators move to speed Alaska gas line 04/15/2007
Murkowski, Stevens propose legislation to streamline federal leg of approval process for construction of pipeline; Palin pleased
Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Ted Stevens introduced legislation April 11 designed to accelerate the federal government's push to build an Alaska gas pipeline. The bill provides the Office of the F...

Oil Patch Insider 12/17/2006
NW NPR-A open for travel, other areas still closed; Pearce sworn in
The Bureau of Land Management said Dec. 13 that it is allowing tundra travel in the northwest planning area of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, provided that operators ensure that they meet the...

Federal regulators move on gas line 09/24/2006
Departments of Energy and Interior, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission give update on Alaska gas pipeline project
The Alaska gas pipeline project may be stalled in Juneau, but it is moving ahead in Washington, D.C. Officials from the departments of Energy and Interior, and from the Federal Energy Regulatory Comm...

BP awards Parker Drilling contract to design rig for Liberty project; Pearce confirmed by Congress 08/20/2006
Parker Drilling has been selected to do the conceptual design of the drilling rig BP will use for its Liberty project offshore Alaska, Houston-based Parker said in early August. If the rig is built, i...

Senator has reservations with natural gas deal 07/30/2006
Sen. Lisa Murkowski encourages approval of contract, but not as it is; says some issues need to be worked out
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among federal officials encouraging the Alaska Legislature to approve a natural gas pipeline contract with North Slope producers. But Alaska's junior senator says she's no...

White House delivers 1-2-3 verbal punch 07/16/2006
Top Bush administration officials urge Alaska Legislature to enact laws to speed construction of North Slope to Lower 48 gas line
Apparently losing patience with foot-dragging in Juneau, the White House is urging the Alaska Legislature to get on with the business of developing an Alaska gas pipeline in three separate messages fr...

Neidig named DOI Alaska special assistant 07/02/2006
Hans Neidig of Wasilla was named special assistant to the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior for Alaska, effective June 5. He fills the position left vacant when Cam Toohey went to work...

Bush nominates Pearce as Alaska natural gas pipeline coordinator 06/18/2006
Former state Senate President Drue Pearce has been nominated by President George W. Bush to be federal coordinator of an Alaska natural gas pipeline project. Congress ordered the creation of the job i...

Oil Patch Insider: Pearce drops names and date of significance to Alaska 02/26/2006
Drue Pearce dropped some names of interest to Alaskans when she spoke to the Resource Development Council in Anchorage Feb. 16. Jeff Jarrett, formerly the director of the Office of Surface Mining Rec...

Needed: Roads, bridges and ports 09/25/2005
Pearce: As much as $1.5 billion in infrastructure work will be needed in Alaska before North Slope gas pipeline can be built
There's been a lot of discussion around the huge investment, up to $20 billion, needed to build a pipeline to deliver Alaska North Slope natural gas to markets in the Lower 48. "The project is unprec...

Federal agencies moving pipeline issues 05/22/2005
FERC, departments of Energy, Interior, tell Alaska legislators North Slope gas line issues moving forward in Washington
The amount of money Congress would have to appropriate for a federal loan guarantee would be in the 2-10 percent range and a joint pipeline office would be set up to oversee operation of an Alaska gas...

Alaska MMS chief: Access, permitting of primary concern to industry 12/22/2002
Agency is looking at possible incentives for Beaufort Sea and Cook Inlet leasing, but, John Goll tells Alliance, industry has told agency that without access and clarification of permitting, incentives meaningless
The Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service hasn't yet decided what economic incentives it will offer as part of its upcoming Beaufort Sea and Cook Inlet oil and gas leases. "The dep...

Environmental group wants wilderness studies for NPR-A 09/29/2002
The 23 million acres designated as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska should be "cherished as a long-term bequest of nature" and studied for possible wilderness protection, according to a new envir...

Environmental groups want access to ANWR records 03/10/2002
An environmental law firm is asking that the White House and Department of Interior release any documents relating to recent discussions on opening the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Re...

Sponsors of HB 380 wanted to encourage Cook Inlet development 02/10/2002
House Bill 380, sponsored by Rep. Mark Hodgins, R-Kenai, and cross sponsored by then Sen. Drue Pearce, R-Anchorage, passed the Legislature in 1998 only to be vetoed by Gov. Tony Knowles. His veto was...