Oil Patch Insider 02/25/2007
PN sources say Eni buying Anadarko out of Nikaitchuq; Milan approved development after successful production test; Canada told to forget Arctic claims
Petroleum News sources said Feb. 22 that Eni has purchased Anadarko Petroleum's 70 percent interest in the Nikaitchuq prospect, making Eni 100 percent owner in the Alaska Beaufort Sea unit. State of...

How vulnerable is pipeline to attack? 02/19/2006
Alyeska, state and federal officials say trans-Alaska oil pipeline less vulnerable than it appears; watch kept for heavy weapons
The trans-Alaska pipeline looks like it would be an easy target for terrorists intent on destroying a valuable American asset, but those responsible for its safekeeping say looks can be deceiving. Th...

Web posting calls for attacks on pipeline 01/29/2006
Site claiming al-Qaida affiliation; nonprofit translated information in December; security agencies, Alyeska, aware of posting
A Web site claiming to be affiliated with al-Qaida has called for attacks against the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. The posting calls on jihadists to shower the pipe with bullets or hide and detonate exp...

Going, going, gone to the man with the shell company 01/02/2005
The closely watched auction of Yukos' key production unit a portrait in the surreal and controversial; buyer BaikalFinansGroup's address is a bar
The final act in the 18-month legal drama against the Yukos oil company and its founder began with an incongruous mix of Sotheby's pomp and Soviet bureaucracy. In a drab Moscow office building cordon...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: CH2M Hill tackles anti-terrorism 05/16/2004
Alaska's role in homeland security
The sounds of a building alarm can trigger different responses, depending on the cultural perspective of threat. Because they have always lived in a threatened society, when people in Israel hear alar...