Elton: offshore will be ‘balanced’

New director of Alaska affairs stays abstract in first Alaska speech, promises combination of traditional, new sources of energy

Eric Lidji

Petroleum News

The federal government will balance many viewpoints as it decides how to manage offshore resources, but the final plan will most likely not seem perfect to any particular group, according to the new director of Alaska affairs for the Department of the Interior. “I suspect that when a plan is present....

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