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The historical date there. theres an interesting history to it but its come to acknowledge the end of slavery in the u.s. and congress has dec declared it as a holiday. still 14 republicans voted against it. what do you think? >> im always saddened by those who refuse to acknowledge our history and celebrate where we make progress. the end of slavery in the united states should be a cause for remembrance for every single american. and it is always very, very telling when there are those who refu...

Alaska North Slope crude dropped 15 cents to close at $72.08 per barrel June 9, Brent was unchanged at $72.22 and West Texas Intermediate slipped 9 cents to $69.96. WTI briefly joined the $70+ club June 8, rising 82 cents to close at $70.05, its first close over $70 since October 2018. ANS was up 69...

In a June 8 decision, Alaska Division of Oil and Gas Director Tom Stokes said the division received no timely comments on an April 12 request for substantial new information for the 2021 North Slope and Beaufort Sea areawide oil and gas lease sales. Sales are held if a written best interest finding...

You may have noticed your trees and gardens getting attacked by gypsy moths more than normal this year.

In early December 2020 Oil Search Alaska COO Matt Elmer told attendees of a Resource Development Council virtual meeting that the two 2020 Mitquq exploration penetrations discovered a separate reservoir lying to the east and parallel with the Pikka Nanushuk reservoir, its tentative length and width...

Bob Gardes of Lafayette, Louisiana, entered Alaska in September 2020 with the three-fold purpose of becoming a natural gas producer by acquiring bypassed and/or underdeveloped gas deposits in the Cook Inlet basin, securing offtake commitments to sell gas to Alaska utilities and large industrial end...

Alaska North Slope crude closed above the psychologically important $70 per barrel mark June 2 for the first time since the pandemic hit, notching a new post-COVID high of $70.55, a gain of 92 cents. Brent closed at $71.55, a gain of $1.10, and West Texas Intermediate closed at $68.83, up $1.11. Bre...

Washington County Schools cut the ribbon on a state-of-the-art electric school bus on Thursday. It’s the first all-electric school bus in Tennessee. The all-electric school bus, which was built by Lion Electric, will reduce carbon emissions and save the school system money in fuel and maintenance costs. The electric bus is also significantly quieter than diesel buses — so much so, it plays a warning sound when traveling at a low rate of speed to alert pedestrians and cyclists to its p...

ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. is the most prolific North Slope explorer of the 21st century. As many of its large multinational contemporaries were retreating from exploration to focus on development, ConocoPhillips continued to pursue opportunities beyond its existing North Slope units. And although...

88 Energy Ltd. introduced a new exploration playbook for the winter of 2021 that is a game changer for the North Slope in terms of saving time and money and thus making Alaska more affordable for small-to-mid-sized operators. The Australia independent drilled the Merlin 1 exploration well in its Per...