The Baker Hughes' U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 585 the week ending Oct. 25, unchanged from last week, and down by 40 from 625 a year ago, after dropping one rig two weeks ago. Over the last ...

Natural gas production in Cook Inlet averaged 191,508 thousand cubic feet per day in September, up 4,459 mcf per day, 2.38%, from an August average of 187,048 mcf per day but down 1.36% from a ...

On Oct. 22 the state approved formation of the Torok participating area in the ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Kuparuk River unit. In its approval the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division ...

The sale of Eni's interests in Alaska to Hilcorp appears to be advancing. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas issued an assignment approval Oct. 30 transferring the ...

Alaska North Slope production averaged 448,085 barrels per day in September, up 4.19%, 18,038 bpd, from an August average of 430,047 bpd, but down 1.41% from a September 2023 average of 454,516 bpd.

Summer operations at the Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska facility on the Kenai Peninsula ran smoothly, despite the fact that a major expansion project was being conducted at the facility, Matt ...

On Oct. 24 Chugach Electric Association made a new tariff filing with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. The filing, which requires RCA approval, proposes an electricity rate rise of 4.56% for ...

Furie Operating, a HEX Cook Inlet company, recently drilled a sidetrack in search of natural gas using the Spartan 151 jack-up in its Kitchen Lights unit in Cook Inlet. Work on the sidetrack was being ...

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources� Division of Oil and Gas has approved an application from Eni US Operating for an expansion of the Schrader Bluff participating area at Eni�s Nikaitchuq ...

Alaska North Slope crude bounced Oct. 30 to claw back part of a 6% slide on Oct. 28 -- up some 2% on a surprise drawdown of U.S. crude and gasoline inventories. The Organization of the Petroleum ...

In an Oct. 23 board meeting, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority passed a resolution to spend up to $20 million to buy more leases in an expected second lease sale for the coastal ...

Editor's note: This story first appeared in the Oct. 31, 2004, issue of Petroleum News. Drilling at pad 1E, part of the $500 million West Sak expansion announced by ConocoPhillips and BP in August ...