Polar Code approval is timely for busy Bering Strait
The Bering Strait, the narrow chokepoint between the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, has been a watery crossroads for millennia. Skin boats
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Yurts, tents and urban suites — Airbnb options grow in Alaska
Travelers seeking discount lodging off the beaten path can find it at its most rugged in Alaska, thanks to an increasing number
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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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Blog: Shell wins approval to continue the ‘depletion business’ of the Arctic
This week, the Obama administration conditionally approved Shell’s exploration plans this summer in the Chukchi Sea, off Alaska. The Bureau of
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Shell’s Chukchi exploration plan wins federal approval
Federal regulators on Monday approved Royal Dutch Shell’s plan to resume oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean three years after a series of mishaps,
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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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Alternative heating system shows promise for reducing fuel costs in Interior Alaska
The soil is barely above freezing in Interior Alaska, but that hasn’t stopped researchers at Fairbanks’ Cold Climate Housing Research Center from successfully
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Alaska community gets into reindeer meat market
Lifelong Savoonga resident Richmond Toolie couldn’t wait to talk about the reindeer herd he manages. But there was a catch Wednesday:
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With new purchase, Shell may be less keen on Arctic
Royal Dutch Shell announced this week a plan to purchase a major British LNG company, and statements by top executives
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U.S. Interior Secretary affirms 2008 Chukchi lease sale
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Tuesday validated the 2008 sale of oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea, a
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Alaska: Point Hope opts out of lawsuit over 2008 Chukchi lease sale
The lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that stalled Arctic Outer Continental Shelf oil drilling has pulled out of the 7-year-old
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Alaska: ConocoPhillips moves ahead at Kuparuk even as layoffs hit Slope contractors
ConocoPhillips Alaska on Monday said it will move ahead with a development expected to add up to 8,000 barrels of crude to the
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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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Blog: Senate energy committee hearing exposes irony of Arctic opportunities
Last week, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Arctic opportunities to assess how the country
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