U.S. Senators. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan have introduced a bill to open up a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling.
Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk
TAPS kicks off 40th year with a little more oil than expected
For the first time in over a decade, the operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System announced a year-over-year increase in the amount of oil moving through the pipeline.
Freezing temps mean it’s time to clean up the legacy wells on the North Slope
As the cold winter months hit the North Slope, the BLM heads out to plug old wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, hoping the process goes more smoothly this time around.
Oil industry prepares to fight to keep tax credits alive in 2017
Lawmakers in the new House Democratic majority say the current oil and gas tax credit structure is unsustainable — and they’re working on a bill to change it.
Fracking in Alaska: Who should weigh in?
The state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling will determine whether more public input is needed when a company wants to start hydraulic fracturing in Alaska.
Oil and gas companies snap up North Slope leases on state and federal lands
State and federal oil and gas lease sales held Wednesday in Anchorage saw an unexpected surge of interest in the North Slope.
Washington congresswoman will likely lead Trump’s Interior Department
Multiple national news outlets are reporting President-elect Donald Trump is set to pick Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican congresswoman from Washington state, to lead the Department of Interior. She’s seen as friendly to industry, drawing criticism from some environmentalists. But others think she’s a relatively moderate pick.
In looming fight over ANWR, a big unanswered question: how much oil is there?
The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ranks as one of the most controversial chunks of land in Alaska. Since Congress set it aside for more study in 1980, environmental groups, politicians and industry have battled over whether to explore for oil there or to protect the wilderness forever. As the Trump administration gets ready to take the White House in January, the debate will likely flare up again. But even though the fight’s dragged on for decades, there’s still a lot we don’t know about what lies beneath the refuge.
Alaska’s leaders don’t want a fight over oil taxes this year, but they might get one anyway
Alaska’s leaders are getting ready for tough negotiations over how the state will deal with its multibillion-dollar budget hole. How much the oil and gas industry should help fill that hole will be an especially controversial question for the legislature this session.
Armstrong Oil and Gas has high hopes for another North Slope find this winter
Armstrong and its partner Repsol, a Spanish company, say a development there could produce about 120,000 barrels of oil per day. That’s almost a quarter of the amount currently flowing through the pipeline. Armstrong Energy director Ed Kerr says the company aims to deliver first oil in 2022.