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More well capacity
- 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
Contractors working for Furie Operating Alaska have completed the implementation of surface well slots and conductor tubing on the Julius R platform that will now enable up to 12 wells to be operated from the platform, John Hendrix, Furie owner and chief executive, told Petroleum News on March 21. T....
AIDEA keeps leases
- 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason has ruled in favor of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority in its suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior over the termination of seven leases which AIDEA won in the 2021 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain lease sale mand....
ANS crosses above $75
- 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
Alaska North Slope crude added 52 cents March 26 to close at $75.72 per barrel, notching its third consecutive day above the $75 mark, a level unseen since the Alaska benchmark closed at $75.60 Feb. 20. WTI added 65 cents on the day to close at $69.65 and Brent gained 77 cents to close at $73.79.
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Oil patch insider: Mo Chahal named VP Willow; Santos to boost spend near Pikka - 03/30/2025 (Full story)
Mo Chahal has joined ConocoPhillips Alaska Leadership as vice president, Willow. In his new role, Mo will oversee all aspects of development planning, operational readiness and capital project management for the Willow project.
Chahal began his work in the oil and gas industry in 2003. He has held....
Willow construction year round; Greater Kuparuk area also active - 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
2025 will mark the first year of year-round construction for the Willow project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, Heather Tash, VP Alaska asset development for ConocoPhillips Alaska said in a North Slope update presentation to the Alliance Meet Alaska conference in Anchorage March 21.
For the....
Interior order would allow more leasing in Coastal Plain, NPR-A - 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
The U.S. Department of the Interior is making changes which impact energy development in Alaska -- moving to open the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration, substantially expanding acreage in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska available for leasing and re....
Donkel refiles for GPT unit after remand
- 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
On March 23 the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas published notice of an application by working interest owners Daniel K. Donkel and Samuel H. Cade, and Donkel Oil & Gas LLC as the unit operator, to form the Greater Point Thomson unit, with public comments due April 26.... |
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Baker Hughes US rig count up 1 at 593 - 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
The Baker Hughes' U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 593 on March 21, up by one from the previous week, down by 31 from 624 a year ago and up by one from two weeks ago. Over the last eight weeks the rig count was up in six weeks, down in one and unchanged in one with a combined gain of 18 against a....
This month in history: Goal: more North Slope wells per season
- 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
The new rig Pioneer Natural Resources is having built for North Slope drilling will maximize the number of wells the company can drill in a winter season.
Pioneer said March 21, 2005, that its Alaska subsidiary has executed a multi-year contract with Doyon Drilling to build and operate a new drilli....
Call for new information for fall sales - 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas has issued a call for substantial new information for its northern areawide lease sales -- the Beaufort Sea, North Slope and North Slope areawide sales. In the March 19 call the division said sales for these areas are tentatively sc....
This month in history: Agrium ups ante on Cook Inlet gas - 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
Editor's note: This story first appeared in the March 27, 2005, issue of Petroleum News.
Agrium Inc. has offered to pay more money for Cook Inlet natural gas in its latest attempt to avoid a scheduled Oct. 31, 2005, shutdown of its nitrogen fertilizer plant on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula.
The company o....
Oil patch bits: Coffman Engineers Patrick Rider earns professional license - 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
Coffman Engineers Inc. said March 19 that it congratulates Patrick Rider on earning his professional engineering license in electrical engineering. This significant milestone marks a testament to Rider's dedication and commitment to excellence in the field of electrical engineering.
Rider brings a....
Oil patch bits: Rob Knox appointed president of NANA Worley - 03/30/2025 (Login to read Full story)
NANA Worley announced March 25 that after an incredible 50-year career in the energy and construction industries, including the last five years leading NANA Worley, Wyche Ford will be retiring from his role as president. Ford's leadership and vision have been instrumental in navigating the company t.... |
