The North Slope community of Deadhorse is an unusual place. Its No. 1 purpose is to serve the oil field its next to: Prudhoe Bay. There are no houses, there’s no downtown and no parks; just a series of industrial lots and gravel roads in the middle of the tundra. But Deadhorse does have a store. And the man who runs it is retiring this month, after 42 years.
Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk
Caelus postpones appraisal well for big North Slope oil discovery
Caelus Energy, the company behind what could be Alaska’s biggest oil discovery since the 1960s, will not be drilling a well to confirm the find this winter, as originally planned.
State proposes fine for safety violations at Ahtna-owned gas exploration well
The state is proposing a $380,000 fine for Alaska Native corporation Ahtna, Inc., for safety violations at a gas well near Glennallen.
Interior Secretary signs order aiming to open more of the North Slope to oil leasing
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today ordered new studies on the oil and gas potential of federal land on the North Slope, including in the coastal plain of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sales set for June
The federal sale is scheduled for June 21. That same day, the state is also holding an oil and gas lease sale for about 4.2 million acres in the Cook Inlet region
State says harsh conditions, not aging infrastructure, culprit in Cook Inlet gas leak
Now that the state’s had time to investigate, Geoff Merrell with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said aging equipment probably wasn’t to blame for the gas leak.