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Point of View: The election and Alaska oil politics

Alaska is facing multiple problems these days. State savings accounts are on the edge of empty. The university…

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Opinion: Fair and competitive oil taxes are working

There is a resurgence in oil production and jobs in Alaska that is directly related to our current…

Natural gas processing equipment is seen at Furie Operating Alaska’s central processing facility in Nikiski, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Texas-based company touts proposed Cook Inlet LNG import terminal to investors

Excelerate Energy says it is in ‘advanced discussions’ on the development of a lower Cook Inlet LNG import…

Alaska Oil and Gas Association President Kara Moriarty speaks to the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Oil and Gas Association forecasts strong production

The industry forecasts a production rate of more than 600,000 barrels a day by the early 2030s

Furie Operations Superintendent Ben Christianson shows off natural gas processing equipment at Furie Operating Alaska’s central processing facility in Nikiski, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Drone test flight operates beyond visual line of sight between Nikiski and a Cook Inlet platform

The drone could perform deliveries to and from Cook Inlet platforms

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Public comment period open for proposed Hilcorp project

Comments must be received by June 17 at 4:30 p.m.

Mount Redoubt can be seen across Cook Inlet from North Kenai Beach on Thursday, July 2, 2022. (Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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Opinion: Hilcorp Alaska: Powering Southcentral Alaska — past, present and future

Hilcorp Alaska has and will continue to fully develop our Cook Inlet basin leasehold

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan addresses members of the Alaska Legislature in the House chambers on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Juneau, Alaska. (Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire)

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Dismissing critics, Sullivan touts LNG project

During his annual address to the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, the U.S. senator said state leaders should be…

Sen. Dan Sullivan speaks at the Kenai Classic Roundtable at Kenai Peninsula College on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Biden LNG pause doesn’t impact Alaska LNG Project

The move nonetheless drew criticism from the state’s congressional delegation

Mount Redoubt volcano can be seen across Cook Inlet from the shores of South Kenai Beach, in Kenai, Alaska, on April 10, 2022. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources in January reported demand for Cook Inlet gas could outpace supply as early as 2027 without additional development in the basin’s active fields. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mayors’ coalition to assess energy needs as Cook Inlet natural gas shortage looms

The group includes peninsula borough and city mayors

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Hilcorp seeks exception to oil exploration spacing regs near Anchor Point

Hilcorp has applied for an exception that would allow it to begin prospects on an exploratory well closer…

From left, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle and Alaska Department of Revenue Deputy Commissioner Fadil Limani discuss Cook Inlet oil and gas shortages during a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy the Office of the Governor)

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Dunleavy looks to lower Cook Inlet oil and gas royalties

The governor said he plans to introduce legislation lowering the rate

Mount Redoubt can be seen across Cook Inlet from North Kenai Beach on Thursday, July 2, 2022. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska not included in feds’ proposed 5-year oil and gas program

The plan includes a historically low number of proposed sales