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Pikka evolves
- 10/06/2019 (Full story)
A flurry of new stakeholder documents and a filing with the state of Alaska paint a picture of continuous evolution in Oil Search's North Slope Pikka development.
Basically, it consists of three drill sites, a processing facility, an operations pad, a tie-in pad, infield pipelines, export and import....
Furie asset sale set
- 10/06/2019 (Full story)
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein signed a bidding procedures order Sept. 26 in the Furie Operating Alaska LLC Chapter 11 case in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
The order set forth a schedule for the sale of the company's assets, which include the Cook Inlet Kitche....
Wulff takes top position
- 10/06/2019 (Full story)
After serving as Oil Search's managing director for 25 years, Peter Botten is retiring and Keiran Wulff, president of Oil Search Alaska, is taking his place.
In an interview with Petroleum News, Wulff said Bruce Dingeman, currently chief operating officer of the Alaska business unit, will take over....
Oil patch insider: BP CEO Bob Dudley to retire; no decision yet on timing - 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
BP's top executive Bob Dudley recently confirmed rumors that he will step down as chief executive officer but says BP's board has not yet decided on the timing.
The major's first American CEO has indicated several times in private exchanges that he'd like to retire at the age of 65, which he'll turn....
Governor names Jeremy Price to AOGCC public seat currently vacant - 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named Jeremy Price to the public seat on the three-member Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and has also named him chair of the commission. This seat has been vacant since the governor removed Hollis French in February.
Price, who begins work at the commission....
Kenney chases investment, gives Alberta's advantages positive spin - 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney made a pitch to private equity firms and investment banks in New York on Sept. 18, in a bid to revive investment for his province's oil and natural gas industry.
His agenda included 14 meetings with hard-nosed audiences and his message, after a summer dominated by short-....
Accumulate files lease plan of ops for Charlie 1 exploration well - 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
Accumulate Energy Alaska, a local operating subsidiary of 88 Energy, has submitted a lease plan of operations for the Charlie No. 1 exploration well, which the company proposes to drill this winter some 29 miles west of the Franklin Bluffs pad on the North Slope.
The plan was submitted in early Aug....
Steep drop in ANS production in August
- 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
Crude oil and natural gas liquids production on Alaska's North Slope was down in August — a drop of 16% from July — with an average of 398,850 barrels per day, down 75,769 bpd from a July average of 474,619 bpd and down 12.3% from an August 2018 average of 454,602 bpd.
August was warm, and producti.... |
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Alaska - Mackenzie Rig Report - 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
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Mat-Su continues to fight for MacKenzie
- 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is continuing its fight to locate a liquefied natural gas facility and terminal for the Alaska LNG Project at Port MacKenzie, even as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission takes public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for a project with a liquefactio....
CORRECTION - Bradley Lake one of 50
- 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
An item in the Sept. 29 issue, “Summer fire on Kenai Peninsula expected to add to electric costs,” incorrectly said the Bradley Lake hydro project was the largest of seven in the state.
It is actually the largest of nearly 50 operating utility-scale hydroelectric projects in Alaska and produces fro....
Court rejects walrus listing appeal
- 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
The federal District Court in Alaska has rejected an appeal by the Center for Biological Diversity against a 2017 decision by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service not to list the Pacific walrus as endangered under the terms of Endangered Species Act. In a Sept. 26 court order Judge Sharon Gleason reject....
Producers Magazine preview: Brooks Range: Mustang almost there!
- 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
With approvals and permits in place, the first small independent to take an oil field from discovery to production on the North Slope will be delivering oil to the trans-Alaska pipeline sometime this quarter.
In a Sept. 30 filing of its seventh annual plan of development with the Alaska Department....
Supplemental notice, tract maps, for sales
- 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas has released tract maps for its fall competitive oil and gas lease sales and the related block sales, and issued a supplemental notice describing availability of the July 12 Beaufort Sea areawide oil and gas lease sale final finding....
BC wrestles with carbon levels - 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
British Columbia's fondly held goal of being a global role-model for reducing greenhouse gas emissions made little progress in the decade after 2007 when the province became one of the world's first jurisdictions to impose a carbon tax on gasoline, along with other measures.
Data released by the Bri....
US rig count continues down, drops by 8 - 10/06/2019 (Login to read Full story)
Baker Hughes reports the number of rigs drilling for oil and natural gas in the U.S. continues to drop, down by eight the week ending Sept. 27 to 860, following a drop of 18 the week ending Sept. 20.
In its weekly rig count, the Houston oilfield services company said the active rig count was down 1.... |
