Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan, is stepping down.
A legislator critical of Gov. Sean Parnell's plan to overhaul Alaska's oil tax structure says 2012 profits by ConocoPhillips shows the system is working.
February Issue 1 2013
Gas and electric utilities in Southcentral Alaska say they will decide in February on a plan to import liquefied natural gas or compressed natural gas to supplement declining production from Cook Inlet gas fields, the companies told state legislators in a Jan. 23 briefing.
Pioneer Natural Resources is using large multi-staged hydraulic fracturing in horizontal wells to open up a potentially large new oil resource on the North Slope.
A legislative panel has agreed to enter into a contract with a second consultant on oil and gas taxes.
A co-chair of the House Resources Committee expects to take up the governor's oil tax bill in tandem with the Senate.
A spokesman for the salvage of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge says salvers have not made a plan for moving the vessel from Alaska's Kodiak Island.
The Alaska Energy Authority and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may have cleared a once muddied near-term timeline for the Susitna-Watana hydropower project.
JUNEAU — State officials say there’s undeveloped natural gas in Cook Inlet, as well as oil, and that the regional gas supply situation may not be as bleak as feared.
JUNEAU (AP) — Alaska’s revenue commissioner said Jan. 22 that he’s seen no evidence that tax credits to oil companies have led to increased production.
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