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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Arctic Ocean may be next as Alaska officials seethe over ANWR move
Emotions continued to rise on Monday over President Barack Obama’s initiative to increase protection for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with
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New ‘super-insulated’ homes in Arctic Alaska
For Alaska homeowners, plumbing “freeze-up” is a recurring fear, maybe even more so for those living on Alaska’s frigid North
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No injuries reported in fire at oil field camp in Arctic Alaska
No one was hurt in a overnight fire at a North Slope camp for oil field workers operated by Eni Petroleum, an
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Assistant district attorney shot and killed in Arctic Alaska
An Alaska assistant district attorney who once was a Washington state lawmaker was shot and killed in the Arctic community of
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Oil lease sale in Arctic Alaska draws big money
Oil companies spent big money Wednesday for rights to explore the Colville River Delta and other state territory, making this
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Expert predicts ice-free Arctic by 2020 as UN releases climate report
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Get ready to order those beach umbrellas in Barrow. One of the leading authorities on the physics of
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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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Barrow, Alaska’s dramatic autumn warming linked to shrinking sea ice
The nation’s northernmost community is getting warmer, most dramatically in October, when sea ice loss has been greatest, according to
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Alaska: LNG project advancement raises question of pipeline coordinator’s role
With the federal environmental review process recently launched for a massive Alaska liquefied natural gas project, the federal gas pipeline
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Exxon could hold keys to Alaska future at Point Thomson
Exxon is going big in Alaska. With memories still raw a quarter-century after the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the
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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’s LNG project takes step forward with export license application
The Alaska gasline mega-project took a step forward on Friday with the state’s major oil companies filing an application with
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Arctic plants to be studied in Nunavut
A team of botanists is headed next week to a remote area in the Canadian territory of Nunavut to try
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ExxonMobil has high expectations for Point Thomson oil production in Alaskan Arctic
FAIRBANKS — An ExxonMobil executive said Tuesday the company is on schedule to begin shipping about 10,000 barrels of oil
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