The Explorers 2010: Interior Alaska basins 11/14/2010
Although analysts think that the majority of Alaska's oil and gas resources lie within the major basins of northern Alaska, Cook Inlet and the Bristol Bay area, there are several other basins around t...

The Explorers 2010: Exploration licenses open Susitna 11/14/2010
Very little oil and gas exploration has been done in the Susitna basin, the northern extension of the Cook Inlet basin in the valley of the Susitna River. A total of nine exploration wells and four co...

The Explorers 2010: Cook Inlet basin 11/14/2010
Cook Inlet, a major sea inlet between the Kenai Peninsula and the mainland of Southcentral Alaska, lies over part of a deep sedimentary basin that has formed between the Kenai Mountains and the mounta...

Donkel evaluating North Slope acreage 11/14/2010
Fresh from sale of Cook Inlet holdings, Dan Donkel has high bids of almost $1 million in Beaufort Sea, North Slope lease sales
In July Samuel H. Cade and Daniel K. Donkel (in partnership with others on some leases), sold 196,524 acres of Alaska state Cook Inlet oil and gas leases to Apache Corp., 60 leases scattered across th...

State extends Susitna exploration license 11/07/2010
Small oil and gas firm makes $750,000 work commitment on land along Alaska's Parks Highway; Miller sending rig to Cook Inlet
The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas has granted Cook Inlet Energy LLC a three-year extension of its Susitna basin exploration license. In exchange, the small oil and gas producer made $750,000 in work...

MHT planning to extend lease terms 10/03/2010
Cook Inlet Energy promises two-well program on two leases on the west side of Cook Inlet in return for an extra two years on terms; one well required by end of 2011, 2nd by end of 2012
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority plans to give Cook Inlet Energy another two years to explore a pair of onshore leases on the west side of Alaska's Cook Inlet basin. Under the deal, Cook Inlet...

State evaluates Susitna basin license 05/30/2010
Exploration license is in area licensed to Forest Oil in 2003; because competing proposals being sought, applicant not released
A former exploration license area in the Susitna basin north of Anchorage is again attracting interest. The area, west of the Parks Highway and Talkeetna, was held by Forest Oil from 2003 to 2007. T...

Jack-ups headed north 04/25/2010
Alaska's Chukchi, Cook Inlet getting jack-ups, Apache looking at Cook Inlet
In the process of tracking down companies likely to take advantage of the State of Alaska's new legislation to help cover the cost of bringing a jack-up rig to Cook Inlet, two unreported pieces of new...