Alaska LNG backers propose reserves tax

Campaign calls for tax on North Slope reserves if producers do not cooperate

Larry Persily

Petroleum News Juneau Correspondent

Some members of the group that battled against the BP-ARCO merger four years ago are getting ready for another fight with major North Slope producers, this time calling for a state tax on natural gas reserves if the producers don’t cooperate with efforts to export liquefied natural gas from Alaska.....

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