Alaska

The administration will cancel oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and set aside more than half of the National Petroleum Reserve.

The acreage comprises 10 leases covering approximately 25,430 contiguous acres.

A new study that analyzed 17 years of migratory bird-nesting data in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, revealed that nest survival decreased significantly near high-use oil and gas infrastructure and its related noise, dust, traffic, air pollution, and other disturbances.

The authors of this paper develop a robust history-matched reservoir simulation model capable of predicting polymerflooding performance in the first such pilot to enhance heavy oil recovery on Alaska’s North Slope.

The approval adds momentum to the Alaska North Slope’s production revival.

Environmental report recommends shrinking the Alaska project to three drilling sites from the five initially proposed by ConocoPhillips.

An independent consultant believes the find could hold 1.7 billion bbl of recoverable reserves.

A trio of oil projects gears up to boost throughput on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.

The supplemental environmental impact statement offers multiple ways forward for the stalled project.

The Biden administration has appealed a district court decision to restart oil and gas leasing programs in the US.