Thirty years after the Exxon Valdez spilled about 11 million gallons of oil in Prince William Sound, the state is looking at whether to change its requirements for oil spill prevention and response plans.
Employees seeking jobs with BP and Hilcorp have been told they will learn what their options are by late December.
The incident means the facility is indefinitely unable to provide fuel and water to vessels that service oil and gas platforms.
Congressional ratification of a trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico would secure the free flow of crude oil and refined fuels between the three countries.
The Alaska Republican said she will use her seat on a Senate committee to press the issue.
ConocoPhillips is continuing its series of active North Slope work seasons with seven more exploration wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska this coming winter.
If the Supreme Court strikes down HB 331, the Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration would have to find a new way to pay off the remaining refundable oil and gas tax credit obligation.
A big question will be how much interest companies will show in the politically divisive and costly region, about which little is known by the oil industry.
Bob Dudley wouldn’t say which assets were targets because there are “governments and partners involved.”
Baker Hughes and subsidiaries faces up to $2.5 million in fines for the most serious charges.
The measure, passed in a 225-193 vote Thursday, comes with the federal government taking steps to hold its first lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Senate majority leader, House speaker and 18 other lawmakers warned the head of a precious metals company about “vigorous” statewide opposition the project faces.
Battery storage is necessary to move Kwethluk away from costly diesel fuel, officials say.
BP holds a one-third share of the $4 billion Point Thomson gas field , which is operated by ExxonMobil and is a linchpin to the proposed $40 billion Alaska LNG project.
Joe Balash said there was no intersection between his work at the Interior Department and Oil Search’s work in Alaska.
The lawsuit seeks to block rules that would allow certain oil and gas operations by Hilcorp Alaska.
Joe Balash, who’s going to work for Papua New Guinea-based Oil Search, says he will abide by the Trump ethics pledge barring appointees from lobbying their former agencies for five years.
Consultants say the $5.6 billion sale is part of an industry trend as major companies shed aging assets. Two lawmakers suggest a new oil tax initiative may have been a factor.
Under Alaska’s existing corporate income tax system, publicly traded corporations are taxed. Privately held corporations are not.
The company got a foothold in Cook Inlet in 2012 and is poised to become the state’s second largest oil producer.
