Tag: oil

BP Sale Doesn’t Include Alaska Holdings

Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage BP announced today that it’s selling $7 billion in oil field assets to Houston based Apache Corporation. But the...

Open Season Results Won’t Be Known Immediately

Dave Donaldson, APRN – Juneau Alaskans will not immediately know the extent of industry interest in either of Alaska’s natural gas pipelines until this...

Appeals Court Backs 2007 MMS Lease Sale in Beaufort

A federal appeals court says a 2007 Beaufort Sea lease sale by the Minerals Management Service was conducted properly. A three-judge panel of the...

Spill Claimants Encouraged to Cash Checks

A number of claimants in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case who have received punitive damages from the company haven't cashed their settlement checks...

Alaska News Nightly: July 30, 2009

Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN's news feeds via email, podcast and RSS. Download Audio...

State Weighing Oil and Gas Options

The state is weighing how to move forward with an oil and gas risk assessment.  The Palin Administration project was initiated in 2007 in...

Alaska News Nightly: July 23, 2009

Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s news feeds via email, podcast and RSS. Download Audio...

Exxon 'Valdez' decision prompting big reactions in Alaska

Plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez punitive damages case are reacting with sadness and disbelief to today's U.S. Supreme Court decision. The Court capped the...