Alaska works on exploration credit rules

Industry ‘disappointed’ with several provisions in draft production tax regulations, but compliment others

Larry Persily

Petroleum News Juneau Correspondent

The Alaska Department of Revenue is working its way through 18 pages of comments from the Alaska Oil and Gas Association on draft changes in state production tax regulations, including rules for the exploration tax credits adopted by legislators this past session. Association officials testified at....

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