As the cold winter months hit the North Slope, the BLM heads out to plug old wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, hoping the process goes more smoothly this time around.
Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk
Oil industry prepares to fight to keep tax credits alive in 2017
Lawmakers in the new House Democratic majority say the current oil and gas tax credit structure is unsustainable — and they’re working on a bill to change it.
Fracking in Alaska: Who should weigh in?
The state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling will determine whether more public input is needed when a company wants to start hydraulic fracturing in Alaska.
Oil and gas companies snap up North Slope leases on state and federal lands
State and federal oil and gas lease sales held Wednesday in Anchorage saw an unexpected surge of interest in the North Slope.
Washington congresswoman will likely lead Trump’s Interior Department
Multiple national news outlets are reporting President-elect Donald Trump is set to pick Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican congresswoman from Washington state, to lead the Department of Interior. She’s seen as friendly to industry, drawing criticism from some environmentalists. But others think she’s a relatively moderate pick.
In looming fight over ANWR, a big unanswered question: how much oil is there?
The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ranks as one of the most controversial chunks of land in Alaska. Since Congress set it aside for more study in 1980, environmental groups, politicians and industry have battled over whether to explore for oil there or to protect the wilderness forever. As the Trump administration gets ready to take the White House in January, the debate will likely flare up again. But even though the fight’s dragged on for decades, there’s still a lot we don’t know about what lies beneath the refuge.