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In two recent plan of development approvals for Cook Inlet units, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Owners can put off the costly process of tearing down the platforms using a strategy one critic calls “delay, deny and diddle around.” And in Alaska, the state has let them do it — for decades.

A request from Cook Inlet Energy to delay contraction of its Cook Inlet Redoubt unit was partially approved April 30 by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Bills to make storing gas easier, reduce royalties and spur new gas production, as well as energy transmission and renewable energy, are moving forward.

The eastern North Slope Sourdough development is still on hold, with operator Jade Energy unwilling to spend more than the $20 million its already invested in the project until it can convince Alaska Department of Natural Resources officials to reverse their decision that put the acreage in default....