Archive of: Oil & Gas Reporter

	Title	Issue
	Spanish major Repsol finds success on Slope Repsol’s winter exploration program on the North Slope was a stunning success: oil was found in all three test wells. TIM BRADNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE	May Issue 1 2013
	Doyon to drill second exploration well in Nenana Basin Doyon Ltd. will be back drilling in the Nenana Basin west of Fairbanks in July. TIM BRADNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE	May Issue 1 2013
	Brooks Range moves toward 2014 startup for Mustang field Brooks Range Petroleum is pushing ahead with its plan to have the small Mustang discovery in production in the third quarter of 2014, and is already at work on possible new developments in the area, company Chief Operating Officer Bart Armfield says. TIM BRADNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE	May Issue 1 2013
	Final draft of ocean plan out, management details unclear A new ocean management plan is in the works, but the exact implications for Alaska’s oceans are still unknown. MOLLY DISCHNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE	May Issue 1 2013
	Municipal, utility officials examine emergency ‘what ifs’ Southcentral Alaska, and its 400,000 residents, relies on natural gas from Cook Inlet almost exclusively to meet its energy needs. ELWOOD BREHMER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE	May Issue 1 2013
	ConocoPhillips finishes NPR-A well, reports 1Q earnings ConocoPhillips has completed an exploration well in the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska and is demobilizing the drill rig, a company spokeswoman said April 26. TIM BRADNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE	May Issue 1 2013
	Oil tax reform opposition group kicks off repeal campaign Three former Alaska officials were announced April 25 as sponsors of a referendum to repeal a tax cut for oil companies operating in the state. DAN JOLING, ASSOCIATED PRESS	May Issue 1 2013
$EPA methane report may further divide fracking camps$	EPA methane report may further divide fracking camps PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change? Kevin Begos, Associated Press	May Issue 1 2013
	Two jack-up rigs now back at work drilling in Cook Inlet Two jack-up rigs are back at work in Cook Inlet. TIM BRADNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE	May Issue 1 2013
	Renewable energy projects, benefits emerge in rural Alaska Alaska’s rural energy problems have seemed hopeless at times, but there’s now a ray of hope on the horizon: If things stay on track, renewable energy projects being built mostly in small rural villages could be saving up to 26 million gallons of fuel per year by 2018. TIM BRADNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE	May Issue 1 2013