Ukraine war ups ANS
- 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Alaska North Slope crude fell 47 cents Nov. 20 to close at $71.93 per barrel, as West Texas Intermediate fell 52 cents to close at $68.87 and Brent fell 50 cents to close at $72.81.
Oil futures rose in morning trading Nov. 20 but reversed after a reported surprise build in U.S. commercial crude inve....
Testing bitcoin mining
- 11/24/2024 (Full story)
On Nov. 5, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas received a land use permit application from Austin, Texas-based TA Infrastructure Management LLC requesting to install a small data center module on a trial basis to utilize currently produced natural gas in the Hilcorp-o....
RRC CEO is announced
- 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Ed Jenkin, currently chief energy transformation officer for Matanuska Electric Association, has accepted the role of president and chief executive of the Railbelt Reliability Council, the RRC announced on Nov. 13. Jenkin will join the RRC as CEO on Jan. 3.
"I am thrilled that Mr. Jenkin is taking t....
Pikka Phase 1 70% complete, first oil expected 1st half 2026 - 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Speaking at Santos Ltd.'s Investor Day in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 19, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Gallagher said the company's Alaska North Slope Pikka Phase 1 project is now 70% complete with first oil expected in the first half of 2026, as compared to 67% complete per a....
Wood Mackenzie details economics of phase 1 gas pipeline vs imports
- 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Intent language in the state operating budget passed last spring asked for a third-party analysis from the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. of its proposed phased approach for the Alaska LNG project by Dec. 20, House Resources Committee Chair Tom McKay said at a Nov. 19 special meeting of House Reso....
Haul Road: raw; hard to maintain, political ping-pong is challenge
- 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Alaska's Dalton Highway is legend, serving up white-knuckle challenges for intrepid truckers and spawning a long-running reality TV series.
The lonely ribbon of roadbed snakes over vast rugged wilderness from civilization to North Slope oilfields; a vital lifeline to the heart of Alaska's economic e.... |
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Producers Preview: Crunch time for Amaroq at Nicolai Creek
- 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
Editor's note: This story comes from the 2024 edition of The Producers magazine, which will be published in early January 2025.
For a run of years now, operator Amaroq Resources Inc. has been public about the need for investment to ensure that the onshore field on the west side of Cook Inlet remains....
Baker Hughes US rig count down 1 at 584 - 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
The Baker Hughes' U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 584 the week ending Nov. 15, down by one from the previous week, down by 34 from 618 a year ago and down one from two weeks ago. Over the last eight weeks the rig count was unchanged in three weeks, down in four and up in one week with losses of f....
Foothills stratigraphic test core viewing - 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
On Dec. 11 and 12 the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska's Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys will hold public viewings of cores from two stratigraphic test boreholes that the agencies drilled in the Brooks Range foothills on the North Slope during the summer of 2024. The viewings will ru....
Potential well, sidetrack at Deep Creek - 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
In its 21st plan of development for the Deep Creek unit on the Kenai Peninsula, Hilcorp Alaska said it might drill one grassroots well at the unit, "pending results of reservoir field studies planned for spring and summer of 2024."
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has published notice....
Oil patch bits: Lynden delivers relief supplies after Stebbins fire - 11/24/2024 (Login to read Full story)
As reported by Lynden News Nov. 14, Lynden is known for responsive service and flexibility when schedules and circumstances change. A scheduled Alaska Marine Lines barge delivery for a housing project took a sharp turn when a fire destroyed the village school and teacher housing in Stebbins, Alaska..... |