On Aug. 4, BP said it has made an oil discovery at the Bumerangue prospect in the deepwater offshore Brazil. According to a Reuters report it's a major discovery for the British company following its ...

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas has approved unit plan of operations amendments for work at the ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated Kuparuk River field and at Hilcorp ...

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas has approved a unit plan of operations amendment for Point Thomson work including a grassroots well and temporary cuttings pit. The ...

Alaska North Slope crude slipped below $70 Aug. 5 -- off $1.10 to close at $69.75 per barrel. It was the first foray into the $60s for the Alaskan benchmark since its June 5 close of $68.98. West ...

Narwhal Exploration is moving ahead with permitting for planned winter 2026 exploration drilling at its West Harrison Bay unit off the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on the North Slope. The Alaska ...

Baker Hughes' U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 540 on Aug. 1, down by two from the previous week -- a return to decreases in the rig count after a gain of seven rigs, all targeting natural gas, two ...

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has released Commissioner John Boyle's preliminary findings and determination favoring a royalty reduction for Amaroq Resources' Nicolai Creek, a small west ...

On Aug. 4, GeoAlaska LLC said that Chugach Electric Association Inc. has provided GeoAlaska with a non-binding letter of interest to acquire geothermal-sourced electricity pursuant to a long-term ...

Michael Colombie recently announced his retirement as president of CONAM Construction Co. after 42 years in the Alaska oil and gas industry. His Alaska career started in 1981 when he decided to ...

There was a flash fire on Aug. 1 at ConocoPhillips Alaska's Alpine Central Facility. The company said in a statement that three contract workers were injured. The three "were performing planned ...

The Barrow Gas Transfer Act of 1984 might be the most underappreciated piece of federal legislation in Alaska oil patch history. Although rarely discussed today, the law changed the way one Alaska ...

The Seawater Treatment Plant, or STP, fabricated in Batam, Indonesia, is currently on tow to Alaska. The processing modules and STP will be installed, integrated and then commissioned together with ...