ConocoPhillips says disclosing the well data would benefit its competitors and reveal company trade secrets.
Energy & Mining
Alaska’s biggest electric utility fired new CEO less than a month after hiring him
The company’s board terminated its employment agreement with Halpern “for cause” a little more than three weeks after both sides signed it.
Geothermal company looks to Augustine Volcano as a source of renewable energy
The state has held lease sales for Spurr and Augustine in the past, but so far no company has taken connected geothermal power from either volcano with an electrical grid.
Biden administration reverses Trump-era plan to open most of NPR-A to drilling
The BLM says the decision still leaves nearly 12 million acres available for oil and gas leasing. That’s slightly more than 50% of the NPR-A. The Trump administration had wanted closer to 80% open to drilling.
Sullivan strikes partisan tone while talking up bipartisanship to Alaska Legislature
With Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visiting his state, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan on Tuesday aired his dissatisfaction with her progress on oil development in the Arctic and other Alaska issues.
For the first time, wind power eclipsed both coal and nuclear in the US
Natural gas is still the largest source of electricity generation in the country.
How soaring inflation forces stark choices
From rising rent to higher heating bills, surging inflation impacts everybody, but it poses a particular hardship for people with little extra money to spare.
Will Alaska oil production get a boost from high prices? Not likely, says this industry observer.
With oil above $100 a barrel, some Alaskans have wondered: Will companies now be drilling for more oil here?
Unalaska tribe gets federal money for geothermal project to source energy from active volcano
Although there have been hurdles trying to bring geothermal energy to Unalaska, the clean energy source is one step closer to fruition.
Southeast Conference pitches wood pellet production in Ketchikan
Borough staff have expressed caution, noting that wood pellet boiler projects have not always performed as well as anticipated.