The city of Valdez, site of the trans-Alaska pipeline’s marine terminal, wants the public to have information about the private company’s financial wherewithal.
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New report details wide-ranging safety concerns at Valdez Marine Terminal
A new report describes “aging and obsolete” equipment, decreased oversight, and a workplace culture of retaliation, turnover and mismanagement.
Arliss Sturgulewski paved the way for Alaska women in politics, friend says
Trailblazing Alaska politician Arliss Sturgulewski died on April 7 at the age of 94.
John Havelock, former Alaska attorney general, has died
Havelock played a role in some of Alaska’s most important federal statutes, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Remembering former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel
Throughout his twelve years as Alaska’s U.S. Senator, Mike Gravel relished stirring controversy, but he died quietly at his home in Seaside, California, on Saturday at the age of 91, surrounded by family.
As Arctic warming accelerates, permafrost thaw hits Red Dog mine with $20 million bill
Red Dog’s problems show how climate change poses a challenge to the economy of Arctic Alaska, which is warming at triple the rate of the global average.
Hilcorp to quietly take over BP’s stakes in Prudhoe Bay and other oil field assets
Hilcorp Energy Company will take over BP Alaska’s oil and gas leases within Point Thomson, Milne Point and the massive Prudhoe Bay oil field. The transfer is expected to happen around midnight, and marks the close of a major part of the $5.6 billion deal first announced by the oil companies last August.
Hilcorp, BP want many of their answers to state regulators’ questions kept confidential
As oil and gas company BP presses ahead with the sale of its Alaska business to privately-held Hilcorp, questions loom around how low oil prices are impacting the deal. On Monday, the companies released answers to a state agency that’s scrutinizing a key piece of the transaction, but with a catch: The companies and their…
As spill response enters third week, oil continues to make its way into Port Valdez
So far, over fifty thousand gallons of oily water have been recovered from Port Valdez from which 590 gallons of pure oil have been recovered.
BP says sale to Hilcorp is still on, but under revised terms
In a statement late Sunday, BP confirmed its commitment to close the multi-billion dollar sale.