Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry Cook Inlet geothermal exploration proposed by Paul Craigs GeoAlaska Alan Bailey for Petroleum News Alaskas Division of Oil and Gas has issued a preliminary finding, proposing the issuance of a permit to GeoAlaska LLC for geothermal exploration on state land tracts on the southern flank of Mount Spurr, an active volcano about 80 miles west of Anchorage. The permitted tracts are adjacent to land t.... [additional news subjects in this story] Extendable two-year permit