Alaska

The agency also requests feedback related to interest in a possible minerals lease sale offshore Alaska.

The Doyon 26 drilling rig, reportedly the largest mobile land rig in North America, fell on its side while being transported in Alaska’s North Slope, sending eight people to area clinics for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

A series of major advances will move Phase One of the Alaska LNG Project from the development phase into execution.

The US Energy Information Administration said it expects US crude oil production to stay close to 2025 levels in 2026 before dipping in 2027.

Alaskan oil is entering a renaissance driven by a predicted 13% upswing in 2026 production, the largest since the 1980s, and a possible reboot of LNG exports to Asia from the Kenai Peninsula, supplied via pipeline from the North Slope.

Proposed and final notices of sale represent nearly 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico and approximately 1 million acres in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.

The new schedule plans for sales in the US Gulf and Alaska through 2039.

Glenfarne has launched a strategic process to partner with global firms that can support execution and offer complementary expertise for the Alaska LNG project.

The decision invokes a 1953 law that will make it difficult for incoming US President Donald Trump to reverse.

By acquiring Eni’s two producing shallow-water assets, Hilcorp will become the largest offshore oil producer on Alaska’s North Slope.