Oil and Gas

Alyeska outlines work on pipeline as a result of 2011 spill

The trans-Alaska oil pipeline is buzzing with activity. It's the fallout from an early 2011 spill at Pump Station 1 that forced extended shutdowns of the line and drew intense scrutiny from federal regulators.

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OIL AND GAS

Is there a Cook Inlet natural gas shortage? Utilities, state officials have different answers

Amid concerns over the continuity of natural gas supplies for Southcentral gas and power utilities, apparent disconnects between statements by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, and the utilities about the abundance or otherwise of remaining gas in the Cook Inlet basin have created...
STATE NEWS

New Kenai gas find could be approved this year

NordAq Energy is at an advanced stage of permitting for a possible new natural gas development in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
STATE NEWS

'Sour gas' forces ExxonMobil to modify well array in Point Thomson field

ExxonMobil is significantly changing its Point Thomson plans because of an unexpected "sour gas" problem involving the two wells already drilled at the remote North Slope field.
OIL AND GAS

AOGCC proposing new state "fracking" regulations

Presumably in anticipation of the testing and development of oil production from source rocks in Alaska, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, or AOGCC, has proposed implementing new state regulations for the hydraulic fracturing of wells.
OIL AND GAS

Coast Guard finds safety issues with Shell Arctic drilling rig

A drilling rig that launched landmark exploratory oil operations in the Chukchi Sea this summer has been cited by the U.S. Coast Guard for serious "discrepancies" in its safety and pollution discharge equipment, the latest in a series of vessel problems that have plagued Royal Dutch Shell's foray...
OIL AND GAS

Great Bear Petroleum calls a halt to the drilling season

Having drilled its first two vertical wells, the Alcor No. 1 and the Merak No. 1, as part of a pioneering shale oil program on Alaska's North Slope, Great Bear Petroleum has called a halt to its drilling season for this year, Ed Duncan, the company's president, told the Alaska Geological Society.
OIL AND GAS

Hilcorp begins production from field south of Ninilchik

Hilcorp Alaska began natural gas production from Red Pad on the Kenai Peninsula last week.
OIL AND GAS

Parnell proposes state-financed LNG project on Slope

The State of Alaska would finance $355 million of a liquefied natural gas project on the North Slope to support an LNG trucking operation as well as LNG re-gasification facilities near Fairbanks, Gov. Sean Parnell announced Dec 7.
OIL AND GAS

ExxonMobil: ‘We're go' at Point Thomson

ExxonMobil Corp. has mobilized contractors to start construction on a multi-billion-dollar natural gas cycling and condensate production project at Point Thomson, a large but undeveloped Alaska gas discovery, a company spokeswoman said Dec. 7.
STATE NEWS

BP sanction brewing long before Gulf disaster

When the Obama administration temporarily banned BP from federal contracts Wednesday, it pointed to BP's "lack of business integrity" and conduct relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill. The sanction, however, has been years in the making.