Archive of: Oil & Gas Articles

	Title	Issue
	Salazar may squeeze Shell schedule for Arctic season Shell’s schedule for drilling may be squeezed tighter. U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told reporters in Washington, D.C., July 18 that he could wait until as late as Aug. 15 to make a final decision on drilling permits for Shell. Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce	July Issue 4 2012
	Murkowski: BLM work on old wells an ‘embarrassment’ Sen. Lisa Murkowski called the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s approach to addressing abandoned wells in the Alaska Arctic an “embarrassment” to the federal government. Becky Bohrer, Associated Press	July Issue 4 2012
	Suit over Arctic spill plan will test agency standards Environmental groups filed a lawsuit July 10 in an Alaska federal court against the U.S. Bureau of Safely and Environmental Enforcement over the agency’s standard of review in approving Shell’s oil spill cleanup plans for exploration drilling planned this summer in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce	July Issue 4 2012
	Oil price climbs above $90 on stronger US demand Alaska North Slope crude was trading for $105.58 on Wednesday, up 61 cents from its close at $104.97 on July 17. CHRIS KAHN, AP Energy Writer	July Issue 3 2012
	Coast Guard: Check shows no damage to Shell ship An inspection of a Shell drilling ship that lost its mooring and drifted toward shore of an Alaska Island showed no signs of damage or grounding, the Coast Guard said Sunday. RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press	July Issue 3 2012
	Cook Inlet Energy gets busy on west side of Inlet Cook Inlet Energy, operator of the small Redoubt Shoal and West MacArthur River fields on Cook Inlet’s west side, is completing assembly of a drilling rig on the Osprey offshore platform and will have the rig operating in the next few weeks, company CEO David Hall said. Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce	July Issue 3 2012
	Shell’s first drilling in Arctic now pushed into August With its Arctic drill fleet now assembled in Dutch Harbor, Shell is waiting on unpredictable Mother Nature. Summer ice conditions along the northern Alaska coast are the worst in a 10-year period, Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said July 9. Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce	July Issue 3 2012
	Former Kulis base gets new life as Shell Alaska hub There’s a new deal in place to get Shell Oil’s workers back and forth between Anchorage and the North Slope this summer as the company begins long-awaited Arctic exploration drilling. Jonathan Grass, Alaska Journal of Commerce	July Issue 3 2012
	Murkowski criticizes BLM well cleanup efforts Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday called the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's approach to addressing abandoned wells in the Alaska Arctic an "embarrassment" to the federal government. BECKY BOHRER,Associated Press	July Issue 2 2012
	Panel delves into issue of high gas prices A group of state lawmakers delving into the issue of high gas prices is finding no easy answers for trying to provide Alaskans with some relief at the pump. BECKY BOHRER,Associated Press	July Issue 2 2012