Blog: What sidelined Shell’s offshore Alaska plans
Fresh assertions that the Obama administration smothered Shell’s Arctic dreams followed the news that Statoil gave up on its leases, the second company
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Author: Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch
Plans to raise Arctic Alaska highway with 2 million tons of gravel
FAIRBANKS — It may be a 20-foot-wide trail to begin with, but the far-northern section of the Dalton Highway, ravaged by
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Assessment board values Alaska pipeline at billions more than oil companies do
The State Assessment Review Board says the trans-Alaska pipeline is worth $9.6 billion for property tax purposes, $7 billion more than the
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Alaska: Alyeska says oil flow returning to normal after 200,000-barrel drop
FAIRBANKS — Oil flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline dropped by nearly 200,000 barrels a day in early May due to a combination
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ConocoPhillips predicts flat Alaska oil production for ‘three years and beyond’
ConocoPhillips expects that its Alaska oil production will remain relatively stable over the next three years thanks to new projects on the North
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Alaska’s financial dilemma: Reserve funds lately have earned more money than oil
Second of three parts For Alaska state government, the richest renewable resource is cash in the bank. A year ago,
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Alaska’s financial dilemma: The state dependence on oil begins
Oil taxes and royalties have been the source of about 90 percent of Alaska’s unrestricted general revenues, but with oil
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World oil price decline siphons billions of dollars expected by Alaska
While oil prices have dropped more than 50 percent in the last six months, the decline in the Alaska oil production tax
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Oil price collapse prompts agency to lower Alaska credit outlook
FAIRBANKS — Moody’s Investors Service said Tuesday it lowered the credit outlook for Alaska because the plunge in oil prices “threatens
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Falling oil prices, revenue forecast paint gloomy picture for Alaska
The international oil market held more bad news for Alaska on Wednesday as prices fell to near $60 per barrel, while the
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Alaska asks feds for transfer of 19,322 disputed acres in Arctic
When U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower inked the declaration under which the 49th state joined the union, no one thought
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World oil price decline creates multibillion-dollar budget risk for Alaska
Oil prices have been relatively stable in the past few years, a Department of Revenue analyst said Wednesday, addressing the
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UAF researchers brief NATO delegates on Arctic challenges
About 20 elected officials from 14 NATO countries received a wide-ranging update on Arctic issues and challenges Thursday from University
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Alaska commits $125 million in gas line deal that stays secret
(iStock) FAIRBANKS — When the Alaska Senate approved a bill setting up the framework for state participation in a liquefied
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Alaska documentary chronicles one family’s remote cabin adventure
FAIRBANKS — Jean Aspen and her husband, Tom Irons, who divide their time between Homer and the Brooks Range, created
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