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In an Aug. 24 order the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit declared moot a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Bureau of Land Management approval of ConocoPhillips exploration drilling in 2018-19 in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The court requires the federal District Court in Al...

The operation of new liquefied natural gas storage facilities in the Fairbanks North Star Borough is enabling Interior Gas Utility to provide gas supply services to new customers in the region, according to the latest Interior Energy Project quarterly report to the state Legislature. Construction of...

Researchers in the University of Calgary, Canada, have conducted experiments that demonstrate that microbes in the seafloor in Arctic conditions decompose crude oil. The microbes in question exist in the benthic zone, close to the seafloor. Given that some portion of spilled crude oil sinks, the res...

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted sales of electricity by Anchorage based Chugach Electric Association, causing the utility to seek a means of ensuring that it can maintain adequate margins for its business. In a July 1 petition to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska the utility reque...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published regulations allowing the unintentional minor disturbance of polar bears and walruses during oil industry activities in the Beaufort Sea and the adjacent northern coast of Alaska for a period of five years, beginning on Aug. 5, 2021. The new regulation...

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canadas oil and gas industry Railbelt Reliability Council moves forward Alan Bailey for Petroleum News The Railbelt Reliability Council, or RRC, is moving forward in establishing its organization, with the intent to apply to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska on Oct. 1 for a certificate to operate as the electric reliability organization for the Alaska Railbelt electrical system, according to a noti.... You must be logged in to view this story. Please ...

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canadas oil and gas industry Panel on BP Statistical Review reflects global climate change Alan Bailey for Petroleum News Following a presentation on July 8 on the results of BP’s annual Statistical Review of World Energy, a panel of experts discussed some of the findings of the review. Much of the discussion revolved around efforts to tackle global warming and what these efforts mean for the future of the energy indus....     [additional news subj...

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canadas oil and gas industry Hilcorp plans exploratory well inside the Beluga River unit Alan Bailey for Petroleum News Hilcorp Alaska has filed a proposed modification to its Beluga River unit plan of development, saying that in the fourth quarter of this year the company plans to drill a new well in the unit into rock formations below the current field reservoirs. Since the well will test for new hydrocarbon resources in the unit, the Alaska Oil and G...

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canadas oil and gas industry An extraordinary year Alan Bailey for Petroleum News The COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive drop in energy consumption during 2020, mainly as a consequence of a fall in oil usage, according to BP’s annual Statistical Review of World Energy. The drop in oil consumption came primarily as a result of the pandemic related shutdown and the crash in transpo....     [additional news subjects in this story] Drop in global deman...

Starkville Theatre to hold auditions for ‘Smoke on the Mountain’ By From Dispatch reports • 1 day ago STARKVILLE — Starkville Community Theatre will hold auditions for its 2021-2022 season opener “Smoke on the Mountain” at 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, July 13 and 14, at The Playhouse on Main. “Smoke on the Mountain” tells the story of a Saturday Night Gospel Sing at a country church in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains in 1938. The show features two dozen bluegrass songs play...