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Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration is threatening to strip a company of oil and gas leases in Cook Inlet outside Anchorage.

Hilcorp has signed oil leases with Doyon, the Indigenous-owned corporation for Interior Alaska. But there’s intense opposition from local tribes.

A federal judge is sending Interior Department officials back to the drawing board after concluding a Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale didn’t adequately consider the possible impacts on endangered beluga whales in the area. The ruling temporarily suspends a lease held by dominant Cook Inlet producer Hilcorp. The privately held Texas-based oil and…

In 14 months, four men have died while working in the oil fields on the North Slope. Before that, there hadn’t been a death for about five years.

Alaskans who depend on natural gas for heat or electricity are confronting a looming shortfall in Cook Inlet.

That’s as gas producers warn that Cook Inlet natural gas supplies are dwindling, threatening higher prices.

Currently, about 15% of Railbelt electricity comes from renewable sources — mostly hydro power.

Utilities say they have months, not years, to settle on a plan.

The state’s largest gas utility is warning that shortfalls could come as soon as next year – and imports are years off.

The violations concern injections of miscible gas, a substance that blends with oil to enhance oil recovery.