Alaska and three of its municipalities could be in line for an extra $60 million in oil industry tax revenue after a new ruling in a long-running feud over the value of the trans-Alaska pipeline system. A state appeals board this week determined the property tax value of the enormous 50-year-old pipeline system, which moves crude 800…
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Appeals court says Alaska has the right to make ConocoPhillips oil well data public
The state of Alaska has the right to make public data from exploration wells drilled by ConocoPhillips in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, an appeals court has ruled. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, issued Wednesday, overturns a 2023 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason that allowed well data to remain under…
Q&A: The transboundary mining boom in the Coast Range
KTOO speaks with Northern Journal reporter Max Graham about the growing industry.
Oil industry has an idea to speed permitting on western Arctic leases. BLM likes it.
Rather than study each proposal in the NPR-A, the industry wants the feds to study one and grant permits for all similar proposals. Foes deride the “cookie-cutter” approach.
Alaska lawmakers adjourn one session and begin another to mull tax breaks for LNG project
Dunleavy called the special session on Tuesday after lawmakers failed to act on the gas pipeline tax cut bill he introduced in late March.
Juneau residents say AEL&P’s proposal to raise bills by 20% is not affordable
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska’s public comment period is open until May 28.