One of the organizations dedicated to cleaning up potential spills is CIRCAC, the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council. CIRCAC has a new tool in its clean-up toolbox that it’s calling a “game changer.”
Energy & Mining
BP To Increase Number Of Rigs On North Slope
On Monday, BP committed to spending at least a billion dollars in Alaska over the next few years. The oil giant plans to use that money to bring two drill rigs to Prudhoe Bay and to potentially expand into undeveloped parts of that field.
Engineering work on gas pipeline slated to start soon
Field work on a pipeline capable of moving half a billion cubic feet of gas daily is expected to start next week.
Alaskan officials rip feds on NPR-A
House Bill 1964 would force the federal government to scrap its current management plan and environmental assessments for new ones. And it would require the federal government to hold annual lease sales in NPR-A.
Executives push feds for export approval
The Senate Energy Committee is holding a series of so-called “forums on natural gas.” To the uninitiated, they sure look like typical Congressional hearings. For insiders, they look like Congressional hearings without the usual five minute speaking limits.
Great Bear undecided on 2013 drilling season
Two years after executives told lawmakers the company could pump one million barrels into TAPS a day, it isn’t even close to serious production.