Alaska's Energy Desk

This week, 88 Energy announced they’ve started setting up a rig on the North Slope to drill a second well for Project Icewine. According to a recent 88 Energy presentation, the company thinks its leases may hold between 1.4 and 3.6 billion barrels of oil.

The state is fining oil and gas company Hilcorp an additional $160,000 for using nitrogen without permission while working on two wells in 2015 — the same practice that nearly killed three North Slope workers.

Hoisted up from the Bering Sea, Alaska pollock finds its way into products that are distributed around the world. Sometimes, part of the fish doesn’t make it that far.

Italian energy company Eni this month submitted an exploration plan to drill for oil in federal waters in the Beaufort Sea.

Regulators say an oil leak could cause much more environmental damage than the current natural gas leak. Both pipelines run through key habitat for endangered beluga whales.

Volkswagen’s vehicles were equipped with so-called “defeat devices” or software that masked actual emissions when tested. Now, Alaska will receive its share of the legal settlement.