FEX drops last onshore state acreage 10/03/2010
Chevron drops more leases in the White Hills area and Anadarko drops more leases in the remote corners of the Brook Range foothills
l LAND and LEASING FEX relinquished its last onshore state acreage in Alaska in late July, 11 leases covering 63,110 acres some 50 miles east of Umiat, according to recent state lease records. The a...

No foothills drilling for Anadarko 11/22/2009
Anadarko Petroleum spokesman Mark Hanley confirmed Nov. 17 that his company will not drill in the Brooks Range foothills during the coming winter exploration season. "We're probably not going to have...

Evaluating the Foothills natural gas 01/11/2009
Anadarko knows the gas is there but needs to assess volumes and production characteristics before making a development decision
It's one thing to know that there are gas fields in the ground but quite another matter to determine that those fields can be viably developed. So, when it comes to the known gas fields in Alaska's Br...

The Explorers 2008: For Anadarko, exploration is a gas 11/23/2008
In Alaska since early 1990s, Anadarko expands oil production as it continues the search for gas
Of all the companies currently exploring for oil and gas in Alaska, none has garnered more interest among the general population than Anadarko Petroleum. The reason? Anadarko was the first and is stil...

Two-10tcf 'potential' in foothills 06/29/2008
Anadarko: Resource figure a broad estimate, but doesn't include data from exploration this past winter
Anadarko Petroleum believes its land holdings in the foothills of the Brooks Range have the "potential" to hold between 2 trillion and 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The resource estimate come...

Chevron plugs foothills exploration wells 06/08/2008
Chevron has plugged and abandoned all three wells from the first year of exploration at its White Hills prospect in northern Alaska, according to recent well data from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservat...

Chevron plugs foothills exploration well 05/25/2008
Chevron plugged and abandoned the Mastodon 6-3-9 exploration well on March 27, according to recent well data from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Mastodon was the second of three wells...

THE EXPLORERS 2005: Petro-Canada inching forward in Alaska 11/31/2005
Company's CEO expects to start spending money on growing Alaska holdings in next one to two years
In late 2004 Petro-Canada's chief executive officer, Ron Brenneman, said the company planned to invest C$445 million in 2005 developing "long-term" natural gas supply opportunities on Alaska's North S...

THE EXPLORERS 2005: Anadarko seeks the big plays in Alaska 11/31/2005
Company looking for 'anchor opportunities' in remote areas to form building blocks for the future
A commitment to finding large, long-term prospects in remote areas of northern Alaska underlies Anadarko Petroleum's strategy in Alaska, Greg Hebertson, Anadarko's Alaska/Canada frontier project manag...

Anadarko wants big plays 10/02/2005
Looking for 'anchor opportunities' in Alaska to form building blocks for future
A commitment to finding large, long-term prospects in remote areas of northern Alaska underlies Anadarko Petroleum's strategy in the state, Greg Hebertson, Anadarko's Alaska/Canada frontier project ma...

EXPLORERS USA 2005: Emerging from shadows of state influence 05/08/2005
Petro-Canada CEO has a clear road map to long-term value, even if others get confused by the company's occasional detours
Thirty years after it was created as a state-owned enterprise, Petro-Canada is no longer encumbered with the stigma of even a distant association with the Canadian government, although in reality it h...

Petro-Canada, Anadarko ink Brooks Range Foothills exploration deal 02/27/2005
Petro-Canada said Feb. 22 that it has reached an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to jointly explore in the Brooks Range Foothills in Alaska. Anadarko will be the operator of the joint venture...

New life in aging basin 01/09/2005
Shell Canada, Talisman gas discoveries give hope for Western Canada Sedimentary basin, but pressure on big explorers to drill more wildcats
Canada exited 2004 with word of two of the biggest onshore natural gas finds on record. At a time when all the talk was of fading prospects for the Western Canada Sedimentary basin and industry obser...

Shell Canada posts deep gas discovery in central Alberta 12/12/2004
Shell Canada has landed one of the biggest natural gas discoveries in Western Canada in recent years, announcing a discovery in an untested formation about 21 miles southwest of Rocky Mountain House i...

The Oil Patch Insider 07/06/2003
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Two Anadarko foothills projects don't need ACMP review 10/06/2002
The Division of Governmental Coordination determined Sept. 13 that two Foothills exploration projects proposed by Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Arctic Char and Dolly Varden, would not need Alaska Coastal...

Anadarko picks up historic Wyoming field, plans to use enhanced recovery methods 10/06/2002
Company says its Alaska commitment still strong despite postponement of 2002 oil exploration well on North Slope; 2004 busy drilling season
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. is spending $265 million for a mature � if not senior citizen - oil field in the Powder River Basin and some other properties with the purchase of Howell Corp., announced Oct....

Gaining access 05/12/2002
Access to gasline addressed in U.S. Senate energy bill; explorers say provision adequate, but proposed state law further encourages access
The energy bill passed by the U.S. Senate in April contains language designed to ensure access to an Alaska gas pipeline for new gas discoveries, and that language is probably adequate to safeguard ex...

North Slope Foothills bidders set record for acres leased in state sale 05/05/2002
Petro-Canada dominant player in 1.1 million acre, $10.3 million sale
The state of Alaska held two areawide lease sales in Anchorage May 1. The North Slope Foothills sale brought in $10,266,086.40 in apparent high bonus bids and at 1,119,360 acres (201 bids on 197 tract...

Pourchot puts RIK on hold; delay likely to affect Foothills exploration 04/07/2002
Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Pat Pourchot said April 4 that the department will not be submitting the royalty-in-kind contracts to the Legislature this session for approval. (see page...

Alpine facilties might be expanded 11/04/2001
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said in its third quarter operations report that it expects Alpine's facility to be expanded to 135,000 barrels per day, with the expansion to be completed in mid to late 2003...

Dual foothills focus for Anadarko 09/28/2000
Company now looking for both oil and gas in 3.1 million Arctic Slope Regional Corp. exploration license area
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. now has a dual focus on the 3.1 million acres of Arctic Slope Regional Corp. foothills lands where it has an exploration license. Anadarko has had an oil focus in Alaska, Mark...

Anadarko expands Canadian Arctic holdings in land swap 09/28/2000
Company trades share of Arctic Slope Regional Corp. foothills exploration license for share of AEC Oil and Gas's Mackenzie Delta holdings
An Alaska-Canada swap has expanded Anadarko Petroleum Corp.'s holdings in Canada and brought AEC Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. into a third Alaska play within a month. Anadarko Petroleum, through its wholly o...