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Setting the rules
- 10/06/2024 (Full story)
On Sept. 25 the Regulatory Commission of Alaska issued an order spelling out the conditions that Anchorage-based Chugach Electric Association must meet when issuing a new tariff with revised rates for the utility's customers. In July of last year the utility requested RCA approval of a new tariff....
Incursions hike ANS
- 10/06/2024 (Full story)
Alaska North Slope crude was up 18 cents at closing Sept. 2, holding the line above $75 at $75.49 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate added 27 cents to close above the psychologically significant $70 level at $70.10 and Brent was 34 cents higher at $73.90.
(See chart in the online issue PDF)
On Oc....
Drilling 2 Quokka wells
- 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
On Sept. 29, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas posted a public notice saying Oil Search (Alaska) LLC, a Santos subsidiary, has applied for a Quokka Unit Plan of Operations - Exploration Phase, which includes drilling appraisal wells this winter in the North Slope un....
Amaroq files 51st operations plan for Cook Inlet Nicolai Creek Unit - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
On Sept. 27, Amaroq Resources LLC filed the 51st Plan of Development and Operations for the Nicolai Creek Uni, or NCU, in the Cook Inlet basin.
This plan will be in effect from Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2025.
In the previous calendar year of 2024 during the 50th plan no development drilling or....
Judge says NMFS critical habitat for endangered species too broad - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
In a Sept. 26 order, Judge Sharon Gleason of the federal District Court in Alaska upheld an appeal by the state of Alaska against the National Marine Fisheries Service's designation of critical habitat for bearded and ringed seals, offshore Arctic Alaska. The judge requires NMFS to rework its critic....
ConocoPhillips applies to expand KIC north entrance to gravel pad
- 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
ConocoPhillips Alaska has applied to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas for a unit plan of operations amendment to cover a 3.5-acre expansion at the north entrance of the Kuparuk Industrial Center pad.
(See map in the online issue PDF)
In its project overview the....
This month in history: MMS Alaska focus on BP's Liberty prospect - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Editor's note: This story first appeared in the Oct. 3, 2004, issue of Petroleum News.
The Minerals Management Service would like to see development at BP's Liberty prospect in the Beaufort Sea, and the agency's Alaska office "has worked very hard at positioning themselves in a way to facilitate Li....
Alaska-Mackenzie Rig Report - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
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August ANS production down 3.8% from July
- 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Alaska North Slope production averaged 430,047 barrels per day in August, down 17,087 bpd, 3.82%, from a July average of 447,134 bpd, but up 1.28%, 5,428 bpd, from an August 2023 average of 424,619 bpd.
Crude averaged 387,824 bpd, 90.18% of Slope production, down 12,042 bpd, 3.01%, from a July aver....
Sidebar - Cook Inlet natural gas down just 0.11% - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Natural gas production from Cook Inlet averaged 187,048 thousand cubic feet per day in August, down 199 mcf per day, 0.11%, from a July average of 187,247 mcf per day and down 1.34% from a July 2023 average of 189,592 mcf per day.
Volumes are calculated from Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commissio....
ConocoPhillips Alaska delivers Nuna - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
On Oct. 1, ConocoPhillips Alaska said that it has successfully delivered a single production module to Drillsite 3T in the Kuparuk River Unit on Alaska's North Slope.
Earlier this summer, the fabrication of the single production module was completed as part of the Nuna project at the Port of Alaska....
Baker Hughes US rig count down 1 to 587 - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
The Baker Hughes' U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 587 the week ending Sept. 27, down by one rig from 588 the previous week, and down by 36 from 623 a year ago, after dropping two rigs the previous week. Over the last eight weeks the rig count was down in six and up in two with a gain of 10 agains....
Hilcorp gets IHS needed to move jack-up - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
On Sept. 24 the National Marine Fisheries Service issued an incidental harassment authorization to Hilcorp Alaska for the incidental harassment of marine mammals in Cook Inlet during production drilling support activities.
The agency said it previously issued two consecutive IHAs to Hilcorp for sim....
Oil patch bits: ASRC leads Alaska Business Top 49ers for 29th year - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
As reported by ASRC News Sept. 29, Arctic Slope Regional Corp. held the number one spot on Alaska Business 2023 Top 49ers ranking. This marks ASRC's 29th consecutive year as the largest business established and headquartered in Alaska.
"In little more than 50 years, ASRC has grown from three busines....
Oil patch bits: Matson begins construction on container ships - 10/06/2024 (Login to read Full story)
As reported by Matson News Sept. 30, Matson Inc. announced the start of construction on the first of three new "Aloha Class" containerships designed for its Hawaii and China-Long Beach express services. After a small ceremony at Philly Shipyard in Pennsylvania, the cutting of steel plates began, ini.... |
