Big questions emerge over $43 billion gas-export deal between Alaska and China
Gov. Bill Walker on Wednesday heralded an agreement between Alaska and three Chinese entities to advance the state’s $43 billion
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Author: Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Permafrost thaw prompts emergency orders from Alaska regulators over pipelines concerns
Concerned that thawing permafrost might contribute to another oil and gas leak such as the one that BP experienced in
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Oil & gas company says Alaska’s limited tax-credit payments thwarting drilling plans
Another independent oil and gas company in Alaska is blaming the state’s scaled-back tax-credit payments for upsetting drilling plans. Furie
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After a long decline, Alaska expects third straight year of increased oil production
Alaska producers have “outperformed” and are doing “more with less,” according to a presentation to lawmakers on Wednesday from the
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Oil field data worth millions of dollars is about to be made public by Alaska
The state is planning to release a trove of seismic data from oil exploration surveys as early as mid-September that cost
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Alaska rejects ExxonMobil plan to expand oil production in Arctic
On Tuesday, the Walker administration denied a proposal by ExxonMobil Corp. to expand oil production at the Point Thomson field,
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U.S. transportation secretary announces efforts to speed up project development in Alaska
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, visiting Alaska for a two-day trip, announced measures on Thursday to streamline what she called
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Federal geologists to update oil potential in northern Alaska
Spurred by a president who wants oil companies to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, federal geologists have begun poking
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Arctic Alaska oil field remains alive despite bankruptcy, isolation
The Umiat oil field, now with a new owner after the previous one went broke, remains as promising yet as
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Federal agency to investigate ‘avoidable’ plane crashes in Alaska
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a rare investigative hearing in Anchorage on Thursday to learn more about the
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Trump administration considers opening entire National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to oil leasing
The Trump administration on Monday said the entirety of Alaska’s petroleum reserve, including the half that had previously been unavailable for leasing
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Mystery surrounds only oil well ever drilled in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
With oil development advocates again emboldened by the prospects of cracking open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a big secret that
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Drilling from man-made island into Arctic Ocean approved by U.S. government
The Trump Administration Wednesday approved an oil company’s plans to explore for oil in federal territory of the U.S. Arctic
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Alaska Native corporation plans to explore for oil in Arctic Ocean, where Shell failed
A subsidiary of Alaska’s wealthiest regional Native corporation is moving ahead with plans to follow in the footsteps of Shell and
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Company delays drilling at Smith Bay, leaving a big Alaska energy prospect unconfirmed
Awaiting payment of at least $75 million in state tax credits and facing a long-term downturn in oil prices, an
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