With oil above $100 a barrel, some Alaskans have wondered: Will companies now be drilling for more oil here?
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The Trump administration is moving to sell leases in ANWR, but will anyone show up for a sale?
The Trump administration is close to auctioning off drilling rights for the land in northeast Alaska — potentially just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January. But to what degree will the industry participate?
A new oil boom on Alaska’s North Slope is encircling a village, and residents have raised a red flag
A major proposed North Slope oil project is running into local opposition from residents of the village of Nuiqsut, who are already partially surrounded by development and wary of more.
After leaving Trump administration, Balash will work for oil company that’s developing an Alaska project
Joe Balash, the Trump-appointee who pushed to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil leasing, is taking a job with Oil Search, a company developing an oil project 100 miles to the west of the refuge.
Tali Birch Kindred, daughter of deceased state Sen. Birch, takes step toward trying to fill his seat
The daughter of recently-deceased state Sen. Chris Birch, Tali Birch Kindred, is seeking to fill his seat in the Alaska Senate, according to documents she filed with state regulators Friday.
Major planned North Slope oil project gets key federal permit
Papua New Guinea-based company Oil Search announced Thursday it received a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers for its Pikka development, planned west of Prudhoe Bay.
How a small, Arctic village found itself in the middle of Alaska’s new oil boom
Alaska is on the verge of a new oil boom — and the village of Nuiqsut is right in the middle.
Alaska’s oil production future could be bright, but it’s also unpredictable
Oil from new fields could boost the state’s production, but predicting when they’ll come online — and how much money the state will bring in — is tricky.