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Complete PDF Edition Week of April 27, 2025 Drilling for more gas - 04/27/2025  In an April 21 interview with John Hendrix, he confirmed that Furie Operating has been drilling a new natural gas well in the Kitchen Lights unit from the Julius R Platform with Hilcorp Jack-Up Rig Co.'s Spartan 151 which Furie took delivery of on April 10. Long-time Alaskan Hendrix is the owner of.... OPEC+ discord hits ANS - 04/27/2025  Alaska North Slope crude plunged $1.66 April 23 to close at $68.51 per barrel, while West Texas intermediate plummeted $2.04 to close at $62.27 and Brent plunged $1.32 to close at $66.12. Crude prices were hit after news broke that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allied.... Jade gains at Sourdough - 04/27/2025  Going back in history, Area F was created more than a decade ago as part of the Point Thomson unit settlement talks between the state of Alaska and the Point Thomson unit working interest owners. They brought together 7,647 acres of non-contiguous leases in the northeast and southeast corners of the.... Alaska offshore added to proposed 11th OCS oil & gas leasing program - 04/27/2025  Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to begin the process of developing a new schedule for oil and gas leasing in the federal outer continental shelf, including offshore Alaska. "Launching the process to develop the 11th National Outer Continental.... Hilcorp gets OK for more Tyonek conductors, up to 20 more wells - 04/27/2025  STEVEN: PLEASE PUT EMAIL CONTACT FOR ME AT BOTTOM IN NONSCANABLE FORMAT Contact Kristen Nelson at [email protected] Art: page 5 graphic from LOCI 92-013 HAK NCIU Tyonek Platform Well Slot Addition Unit Plan of Operations Amendment - Approved sent to Steven 4/21 HED FOR SIDE OF PAGE 1: Hilc.... DNR releases Augustine Island geothermal lease sale 2025 results - 04/27/2025  The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas released preliminary results for the 2025 Augustine Island competitive geothermal lease sale on April 22. (See map in the online issue PDF) The following bids are subject to further lease adjudication, as actual acres and bonus bid.... Division approves Colville River POD - 04/27/2025  ConocoPhillips Alaska does not plan to drill at its Colville River unit in the next year, the company said in its amended 2025 POD, the 27th for the unit, covering May 16, 2025-May 15, 2026. Division of Oil Director Derek Nottingham said in the division's April 17 approval of the POD that while no....

Spring oil & gas lease sales dates set - 04/27/2025  Dates have been set for opening and closing of bids for the state's spring areawide lease sales. The Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas said April 18 that bidding will begin May 19 and end June 5 for Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula leases, with results available June 11. The b.... Baker Hughes US rig count up by 2 at 585 - 04/27/2025  Baker Hughes' U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 585 on April 17, up by two from the previous week, down by 34 from 619 a year ago and down by nine from two weeks ago. Over the last eight weeks the rig count was up in three weeks, down in four and unchanged in one with a combined loss of 11 against.... Sidetracks planned at North Cook Inlet - 04/27/2025  In its 2025 plan of development for its North Cook Inlet unit, submitted March 31, Hilcorp Alaska told the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas that it does not anticipate drilling any grassroots wells from the Tyonek platform in the unit during the July 1 through June 30, 2026, period of the POD, but doe.... Development well planned at Pretty Creek - 04/27/2025  On April 17 the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas approved a request from Hilcorp Alaska to amend its unit plan of operations to drill a grassroots well on the existing Pretty Creek Pad 2. Also at Pretty Creek, Hilcorp is in the process of permitting a new pad in the n.... This month in history: Real jobs the benny - 04/27/2025  Editor's note: This story first appeared in the April 24, 2005, issue of Petroleum News. In the process of an April 2005 update to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce on ConocoPhillips' progress on making a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope a reality, the company's vice president of Alaska Nor.... Oil patch bits: Alaska Railroad open house returns to Anchorage in May - 04/27/2025  The Alaska Railroad Corp. said April 21 that it invites the public to its community open house at the historic Anchorage Depot, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 3. The event features free entrance, free parking, free train rides and other free family-friendly activities. Eventgoers will have the.... Oil patch bits: Airgas expands high school welding initiative - 04/27/2025  As reported by Airgas News April 8, Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is proud to announce that 72 schools from 33 states and 16 Airgas regions will participate in the high school welding education initiative for the 2025 academic year. Building on its mission since 2018 to support underserved high sc....