Dunleavy plan would shift $400 million from municipalities to state, ending local tax authority over petroleum property
The North Slope Borough would see the biggest hit, losing $372 million.
Energy
Interior Alaska utility halts study of buying power from Colorado company
The company had approached Golden Valley Electric and Doyon Utilities, which serves military bases in Alaska, requesting to link its proposed power network.
Climate, economy take center stage at final Alaska hearing on ANWR oil drilling
Public testimony was originally not scheduled for the Anchorage meeting, but the BLM changed the format in response to complaints in Fairbanks demanding public testimony.
Interior says ANWR oil exploration off the table this winter, but company says it’s still pursuing options
SAExploration has indicated it’s still interested in launching seismic work late this spring, after polar bears leave their birth dens.
Governor moves to fire chair of Alaska oil and gas regulatory commission
Hollis French said Friday the governor wants him gone because he stands up for the public interest. A letter from Gov. Mike Dunleavy accuses him of absenteeism.
Activists air grievances about ANWR oil development
Activists dominated a Bureau of Land Management public meeting in Fairbanks.
Companies stretch frozen roads across Alaska’s North Slope as hunt for oil ramps up
Hundreds of miles of ice and snow roads are planned. The borough is also working to connect villages to the road system.
Halted by federal shutdown, oil exploration in ANWR increasingly uncertain this winter
The partial government shutdown could push oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge off the table for a year.
Mat-Su Borough steps up its fight to get gas line LNG plant
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has added 145 pages to its ongoing argument that Port MacKenzie would be a better location than Nikiski for the Alaska LNG project’s natural gas liquefaction plant and marine terminal.
After shutdown, public comment tied to drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge extended
Meetings were also announced Wednesday for several Alaska communities, and in Washington, D.C.
Major oil producers - including Alaska’s big three - build carbon pricing into drilling plans
Energy policy experts of all stripes acknowledge that support for carbon pricing mechanisms is gaining steam domestically and abroad, but where does that leave Alaska?
State says North Slope oil and gas activity is at its highest level in 20 years
A rise in Alaska exploration and production work has pushed jobs in the sector higher than the year before, a first since 2014.
Following audit, Alaska authorities call for greater accountability from gas line corporation
The agency said it has addressed “housekeeping” problems found in the audit.
BP sues state of Alaska in fight over oil royalty payments
BP is counting marine transportation expenses that it should not be, the state argues. BP says the state isn’t following the terms of a 1991 settlement agreement.
State investigates Prudhoe Bay wells after a second North Slope well ‘jacked up’ and leaked oil and gas
The incident appears similar to an oil and gas release in 2017 blamed on thawing permafrost and hot production fluids. Alaska oil and gas regulators have set a Feb. 7 hearing on the “mechanical integrity” of Prudhoe Bay wells.
Meyer out as president of Alaska gas line agency
Meyer has been replaced on an interim basis by Joe Dubler, who is currently the executive vice president of finance and administration for the Cook Inlet Housing Authority.
BLM: Public meetings tied to drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have been postponed
The agency was criticized by conservation groups for conducting work related to the environmental review in ANWR even as its offices have been closed during the shutdown.
Shuttered agency continues efforts to open up drilling in refuge, reserve
A federal agency closed by the shutdown continues to advance the Trump administration’s pro-drilling agenda in Alaska.
Gas line corporation president awarded $296,000 bonus as new board members chosen
Keith Meyer, the highest paid employee for the state, received the performance-based incentive in late December.
Italian oil major Eni secures full ownership of North Slope field
Eni has reached a deal with Caelus Energy to buy the small independent out of the Oooguruk North Slope field.