Former oil exec says company made allegations against him to distract shareholders
A former NordAq Energy executive asserts that he was improperly terminated and that he is owed millions of dollars by the company, not the other way around.
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Walker: Market interest in Alaska LNG plan is ‘unprecedented’
Gov. Bill Walker said the Alaska LNG project should continue advancing, even as skeptics worry about Alaska's massive deficit and the project's steep costs and challenges.
There’s only one coal plant being built in the nation, and it’s at UAF
The university, known for its research into global warming, decided that a cleaner coal system was the right compromise between environment and economy.
Oil field data worth millions of dollars is about to be made public
The state will release new seismic data to encourage oil exploration in Alaska. The valuable data is being publicized under a requirement for projects that received state tax credits.
Corps taking comments on big North Slope project proposing 146 wells
A Denver-based independent oil and gas company has applied for permission to develop an oil discovery considered important to Alaska's economy.
State rejects ExxonMobil plan to expand oil production at Point Thomson
The state says ExxonMobil is not meeting the terms of a settlement that was supposed to have ended a dispute over the lack of production at Point Thomson. Exxon denied the allegations.
Oil companies owed hundred of millions of dollars by state should have known risk, some say
The state is expected to owe about $1 billion in tax credits by July, but is paying less than $100 million a year, the minimum amount required in law. That's frustrating oil companies.
ExxonMobil fights back after study accuses it of misleading public on climate change
A study published Wednesday said ExxonMobil misled the public on climate change. The oil company issued a strong rebuttal.
Gulf hurricane sparks platform evacuations, but oil prices fall on oversupply concerns
Hurricane Harvey, gaining strength Thursday, prompted the shut-in of 10 percent of the region's production. Oil prices, key to Alaska's economy, didn't rise.
State, Cook Inlet Energy find some agreement on $5 million owed in tax credits, but bigger question looms
That larger argument involves rights the state may have to collect money after an October 2015 bankruptcy filing.
After fracking test launched on North Slope, company presses ahead to drill two new wells
Accumulate Energy Alaska now wants to drill two wells about 25 miles west of its current well along the Dalton Highway, where it is testing oil production rates using hydraulic fracturing in rocks considered to be a source of crude oil for the giant Prudhoe Bay field.
New effort underway to find how much oil is beneath ANWR, NPR-A
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has called for new reviews of the oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
A big North Slope oil field remains alive despite bankruptcy, isolation
Malamute Energy, the new owner of the Umiat oil field, wants the state and federal government to create a unit from its leases so it can move toward development.
KPMG slapped with $6.2 million fine tied to ‘grossly’ overvalued Alaska oil field
Security regulators said KPMG’s audit failed to address facts that raised “serious doubts” about the overvaluation of Miller Energy Resources and its Cook Inlet assets.
ConocoPhillips accepts state deal to drill promising oil field
ConocoPhillips said it will accept unique state terms setting drilling timelines and the potential loss of an oil prospect near two large discoveries if commitments are not met.
ConocoPhillips launches drilling at a North Slope oil field
The company has started drilling the unique 1H NEWS project on the North Slope, and oil is expected to begin flowing by year's end.
A North Slope well spill is bigger than originally thought
About 170 barrels of oil used as antifreeze were released from a well at Caelus' Nuna prospect, after water entered a well cellar and froze, damaging equipment.
IRS confers tax-exempt status on Alaska gas line agency
The determination is considered a key step in making the $43 billion Alaska LNG project more competitive amid a global glut of gas-export projects.
Should all of NPR-A be on the table for oil development?
The Trump administration is asking the public to comment on whether the entire 23 million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska should be available for leasing.
North Slope’s small-time investors try to make a buck despite higher bidding costs
Alaskans who have tried striking it rich competing at lease sales alongside oil executives say a 2011 state decision hiking costs has priced them out of the market.