Still hope for gas pipeline 11/28/2010
Study for DNR suggests future L48 gas prices will support gas from North Slope
Amid current speculation about the future of the Alaska oil and gas industry, as oil production from the North Slope slows down and exploration drilling comes to a near standstill, it has become popul...

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...

State, feds, pay for gas line route data 08/08/2010
Information from $1.75 million aerial lidar survey to be available to public; study will identify potential geological hazards
The State of Alaska and the federal government are funding a project to gather detailed aerial laser-imaging data for proposed gas pipeline routes, with results to be made available to the public. To...

FERC denies YPC extension 05/23/2010
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has denied Yukon Pacific Co.'s request for more time to start building its long-proposed liquefied natural gas facility at Anderson Bay near Valdez, Alaska. "T...

Chevron relinquishes 41 White Hills OandG leases 03/14/2010
Dropped leases lie in southern end of prospect in Brooks Range foothills, but company plans to retain leases around recent exploration wells in the north
Chevron is narrowing its focus at its White Hills prospect on the North Slope. According to state land records, the state terminated 41 leases in White Hills on Feb. 1 because Chevron, through its sub...

Exxon fights DNR appeal to Supreme Court 03/07/2010
Legal chess match continues over hugely valuable Point Thomson field; state seeks high court help in avoiding technical hearing
Lawyers for ExxonMobil and other oil companies are urging the Alaska Supreme Court not to get involved just yet in the Point Thomson case. On March 1 the companies filed a 15-page brief opposing a Dep...

Energy fact or fiction? 02/28/2010
Myers argues for solid scientific data in solving world's complex energy issues
As the world's population continues to grow and energy demand continues to climb, scientific facts rather than misinformed policy making need to guide the way through the morass of energy-related issu...

Oil Patch Insider: TransCanada on Arctic gas; RDC conference Nov. 18-19; Buffett cash to build Alaska gas line? 11/15/2009
TransCanada, with a financial stake in the Mackenzie Gas Project and the prospect of operating the main gas pipeline to southern markets, but no ownership position, is ideally situated to tell it stra...

Legislators get biannual report on AGIA 11/08/2009
As required under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, legislators have received the second biannual report on the Alaska Pipeline Project licensed under the act. Alaska Commissioner of Revenue Pat Gal...

Gas prices, availability, now and then 09/27/2009
Alaska Oil and Gas Congress hears pessimistic, optimistic views on future for Arctic gas; told it can't be highest-priced commodity
Natural gas prices are low and supply is plentiful. What does that mean for a proposed Alaska gas pipeline which could begin shipping gas in 2018? The 5th Annual Alaska Oil and Gas Congress, held in An...

Panel hikes US gas estimate 39% to 1,836 tcf; 1/3 from shale gas 06/28/2009
The United States has considerably more natural gas than previously thought, totaling 1,836 trillion cubic feet, says a new assessment from the Colorado-based Potential Gas Committee. "This is the hig...

Petro-Canada major Alaska leaseholder 03/29/2009
There is an Alaska impact from the Suncor Energy merger with Petro-Canada announced March 23. While not an operator in the state, Petro-Canada is a major oil and gas leaseholder on both state and fed...

Friend or future foe? 03/29/2009
Will L48 shale gas development help or hinder the sale of Arctic natural gas?
Nowadays ne'er a presentation goes by on the future of the U.S. natural gas market, without a graph depicting ever expanding production from the gas shales that form continuous gas resources under vas...

AGIA on the table again? 03/22/2009
House Republicans want to revisit license decision; Palin wants to stay course
Republican legislators in the Alaska House are concerned about current gas supply and price issues as they affect gas pipeline economics and want to be sure the TransCanada Alaska pipeline proposal th...

DNR concludes Point Thomson hearing 02/22/2009
ExxonMobil moving ahead with ice roads; Nabors says rig will be ready to move out by mid-March; five to seven days to location
The Department of Natural Resources finished up its hearing on appeals of the termination of 31 Point Thomson oil and gas leases Feb. 12 and Point Thomson operator ExxonMobil said the company began ic...

Oil Patch Insider 02/22/2009
AGIA coordinator Myers shares thoughts on gas line; Obama, Harper taking the high-tech route
As previously reported in Petroleum News, on Jan. 21, Gov. Sarah Palin named Mark Myers coordinator for the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act. In a recent interview with Petroleum News, Myers answered th...

Certification dispute grows 02/22/2009
Industry disputes division's determination for BRPC North Shore well
That was something of a side issue when the State of Alaska terminated the Point Thomson unit in late 2006 for lack of development is starting to draw more attention. That issue is certification of w...

USGS issues Arctic climate change report 01/25/2009
People who want to know more about the science of climate change, especially as it pertains to the Arctic regions, might want to take a look at a new report entitled "Past Climate Variability and Chan...