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In a Jan. 12 presentation to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, executives from Southcentral gas utility Enstar Natural Gas Co. described how the utility succeeds in supporting peak gas demand during severe cold winter weather such as in November and early December of last year. A high proportion...

Prudhoe Bay unit operator Hilcorp North Slope has applied to the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas for a unit plan of operations amendment to expand L Pad at Prudhoe by 3.7 acres to accommodate 15 new wells. The expansion is on the west side of the pad. Public comment on the proposal closes at 4:30 p...

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The Department of Environmental Conservation says it will prohibit target shooting at the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area starting February 1.

Alberta is immersed in an energy transition contest that the economic development organizations of Calgary and Edmonton estimate could create 170,000 jobs and pump C$61 billion into the two cities by 2050. But, according to the authorities, that windfall will only be available if the business-as-us...

The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas said Jan. 11 that the comment period has been extended for the preliminary finding of the director on the Susitna Valley gas exploration licenses. (See story in Dec. 19, 2021, issue of Petroleum News.) The preliminary best interest finding is available on the divis...

Vision Operating has applied to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for a Class 2 underground injection control well permit at its North Fork unit on the Kenai Peninsula. The application indicates that Vision has plans to expand natural gas production from North Fork. The Dec. 21 applic...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration is forecasting that U.S. crude oil production will hit a new high in 2023, averaging 12.4 million barrels per day, surpassing the previous high, set in 2019, of 12.3 million bpd. The agency said in its January Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Jan. 11, th...

XI'AN－Ming Tinggui, 41, a landlord in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has become famous online because of his acts of kindness during the city's COVID-19 lockdown.

It was snowing in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, on the morning of Dec 25. Since Dec 23, the ancient city of 13 million has been locked down due to a COVID-19 outbreak that began on Dec 9.