A field access problem

Court order appealed over permit for Oil Search use of Kuparuk River road system

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

On Dec. 17 the Alaska Superior Court issued an order cancelling a state permit that would have allowed Oil Search (Alaska) LLC free use of ConocoPhillips' Kuparuk River unit road system for access to the Pikka oil field for the construction and operation of the field. The Pikka field lies to the wes....

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