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  • 27 Cook Inlet wells - 02/15/2026 (Full story) Hilcorp has drilled 192 wells in Cook Inlet since it came to the region in 2011 and plans 27 wells this year -- all gas wells -- the most since it drilled 28 wells in 2014. This information was part of a briefing Luke Saugier, Hilcorp Alaska senior vice president, gave the Alaska Legislature's Hous....

  • ConocoPhillips grows in Alaska - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) ConocoPhillips touted its growing presence in Alaska on Feb. 5 in an earnings call, with company officials emphasizing that the $9 billion Willow Project is nearing 50% complete and on schedule to produce oil in early 2029. They also pointed out that further developing the company's Alaska assets is....

  • ANS hugs $70 level - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) After making a geopolitically-fueled second run in a trading week to mere pennies below $70, Alaska North Slope crude dipped below $69 per barrel Feb. 10, down 45 cents to close at $68.90. West Texas Intermediate shed 40 cents to close at $63.96 on the day and Brent ticked 24 cents lower to close at....

  • Former Rep. Tom McKay named to fill AOGCC public member seat - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named former state Rep. Tom McKay of Anchorage was named Jan. 22 to fill the public member seat on the three-member Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. The position requires approval by the Legislature. McKay fills a vacancy left by Brett Huber Sr. who held the public....

  • House Energy hears plans for Cook Inlet LNG import terminals - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) During a Jan. 27 meeting of the House Energy Committee officials from Harvest Midstream, Enstar Natural Gas Co. and the Regulatory Commission of Alaska talked about plans for importing liquefied natural gas to Southcentral Alaska in response to pending shortages of adequate gas supplies from gas and....

  • State, feds summer lease sales? ANWR 1002 maybe, NPR-A no go - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) On Feb. 5, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas posted a public notice saying they will offer all available state acreage in the Beaufort Sea, North Slope and North Slope Foothills Areawide oil and gas lease sale areas, tentatively in the summer of 2026. Why summer? A....

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  • Federal oil and gas lease sale in NPR-A scheduled for March 18 - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, Alaska State Office will hold an oil and gas lease sale bid opening for more than 600 tracts totaling approximately 5.5 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, or NPR-A, at 10 a.m. Alaska Standard Time, or AKST, on M....

  • Baker Hughes US rig count up 5 at 551 - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) Baker Hughes' U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 551 on Feb. 6, up by five from the previous week and down 35 from 586 a year ago. The domestic rig count has ranged from the 530s through the 550s since the beginning of June. For 2025, the count peaked Feb. 28 (and again March 21) at 593, hitting it....

  • Natural gas price forecast up on demand - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) U.S. natural gas prices were up sharply in January, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Feb. 10 in its February Short-Term Energy Outlook. Cold weather in January resulted in an average Henry Hub price of $7.72 per million British thermal units from increased demand while also resulting....

  • Chugach Electric pursuing hydro projects - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) Chugach Electric Association is pursuing hydroelectric projects as part of efforts to reduce reliance on natural gas and achieve decarbonization goals set by its board of directors. Chugach said in a Feb. 10 release that it is moving forward in investigation of potential Southcentral hydroelectric s....

  • Building ice road over Trouble Creek - 02/15/2026 (Login to read Full story) On Feb. 11 the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas issued a public notice for a land use permit applied for on Feb. 6 by Nabors Alaska Drilling Inc. requesting to build an ice road over Trouble Creek to bypass the bridge during a rig move. Trouble Creek is approximately 1....

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