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Biden administration mulls more Alaska drilling protections- oil and gas 360

Biden administration mulls more Alaska drilling protections

U.S. News WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is seeking input on whether to add more areas for protection from oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management announced on Friday. The BLM will take public comment on whether to update protected areas in the Western arctic, including whether to create new protected

BP Divests Alaska for $5.6 Billion

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 BP sells its entire Alaskan business to Hilcorp for a total consideration of $5.6 billion BP (stock ticker: BP), through its subsidiary BP Alaska, has agreed to sell its entire business in the state to Hilcorp Alaska, a subsidiary of Hilcorp Energy Company, for a total consideration of $5.6 billion. Under

Alaska Treasury Benefits from Premium Price on Brent

From Alaska Journal of Commerce Just about the most expensive crude in North America comes from Alaska’s North Slope. Not that it’s anything all that special, unlike Copper River salmon which fetches a premium price for its high oil content, flavor and color. The geography and markets are just working in our oil-price favor. The past few months, Alaska oil

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Bill Armstrong’s Risk-Taking Discovery is ‘Game Changer’ for North Slope

Taking a chance on overlooked rock formation in Alaska was key From the Anchorage Daily News What companies are calling a “renaissance” at Alaska’s North Slope oil fields can be traced back to a 2013 discovery by a small-scale geologist willing to take big risks. [contextly_sidebar id=”fKDH9RBs2nhWcPVdHHfqtqSPmIwdUi56″] Bill Armstrong is credited with finding massive quantities of oil in an overlooked

BOEM Conditionally Approves Hilcorp’s Artificial Island Plan for Alaska Waters

Similar to four others offshore Alaska Ryan Zinkie, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, provided more details today regarding a proposed oil and gas development facility in offshore Alaska, the first facility of its type in waters off Alaska if approved. In terms of the specifics of the proposal, the Bureau of Ocean Energy management (BOEM) issued conditional approval to Hilcorp

Alaska: Power to the Conventional Thinker

“We’re not a shale player.  If you look at the amount of global crude oil production from conventional resources, it dwarfs production from shale.  We believe our 750,000-plus acreage position (located on Alaska’s North Slope between the Kuparuk River and Collville River units) alone has a DeGolyer & MacNaughton-estimated 5.69 billion barrels of contingent resources,” said Bill Armstrong founder of

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Armstrong Oil & Gas Defies Industry Bears, Boosts Stake in Alaska with $800 Million Transaction

Repsol Sells Portion of Interest, Dials Back Development Plans Armstrong Oil & Gas, a private exploration and production company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, is backing up its optimism for hydrocarbon production in Alaska. On October 13, 2015, the company increased its stake in the Colville River Delta region on Alaska’s North Slope for total consideration of more than $800 million.