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    Steve Jones, dressed as “Frost Paw” the polar bear, waves to President Barack Obama’s motorcade as it heads toward Exit Glacier on Tuesday in Seward. Jones, a representative from the Center for Biological Diversity, gathered with a crowd of activists along the Seward Highway waving signs to encourage the President to take action on climate change. While environmentalists praise the president for curbing greenhouse gases, they pillory him for granting Shell permission to drill in the Chukchi Sea for the first time in 24 years. On Tuesday, the president of Shell Oil Co. said he expects more protests.-Photo by Rashah McChesney, Morris News Service - Alaska
    Shell president optimistic about drilling in Arctic
    By Dan Joling • September 3, 2015 10:52 am

    ANCHORAGE — The president of Shell Oil Co. said Tuesday that exploratory drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast is going well…

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    Shell drills in Chukchi Sea
    Shell drills in Chukchi Sea
    By Tim Bradner • August 6, 2015 10:24 am

    Shell is drilling in the Chukchi Sea. The semi-submersible Polar Pioneer “spudded” the Burger J well at 5 p.m. July…

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    Production off; price better than forecast
    Production off; price better than forecast
    July 16, 2015 11:02 am

    Alaska oil and gas production averaged 502,000 barrels per day in Fiscal Year 2015, the state’s budget year that ended…

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    Hull damage forces Shell support ship back to dock
    Hull damage forces Shell support ship back to...
    By MARK THIESSEN • July 9, 2015 11:17 am

    An icebreaker carrying a key piece of equipment for Arctic drilling planned by Royal Dutch Shell off the northern coast…

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    This map and photo shows the location of BlueCrest Energy’s Cosmopolitan oil project near Mile 151 Sterling Highway. The project would be in an old gravel pit.
    Construction gets under way on Cosmopolitan development
    By Michael Armstrong • June 17, 2015 3:37 pm

    Construction started this month with dirt work at the Cosmopolitan oil development project near Mile 151 Sterling Highway north of…

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    AIDEA approves $30 million deal for Cosmo development
    AIDEA approves $30 million deal for Cosmo development
    By Tim Bradner • May 14, 2015 11:28 am

    The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority has given approval for a $30-million financing package that will allow BlueCrest Energy…

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    Halliburton  to cut 9,000  jobs in wake of oil’s drop
    Halliburton to cut 9,000 jobs in wake of...
    April 22, 2015 12:06 pm

    HOUSTON (AP) — Halliburton Co. has cut 9,000 jobs — more than 10 percent of its workforce — in about…

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    Greenpeace group boards Arctic offshore drill rig
    Greenpeace group boards Arctic offshore drill rig
    By Dan Joling • April 8, 2015 12:00 pm

    ANCHORAGE — Six Greenpeace activists protesting Arctic offshore drilling on Monday boarded a drill rig as it was transported across…

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    Enstar proceeds with pipeline
    Enstar proceeds with pipeline
    By Ben Boettger • March 25, 2015 12:41 pm

    KENAI — A directional drill rig is tunneling into the ground along Bridge Access road where it will run underneath…

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    The 765-foot Zhen Hua 15 loads the jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence in Kachemak Bay off the Homer Spit on Monday.
    Endeavour leaving Cook Inlet
    By Michael Armstrong • November 19, 2014 4:13 pm

    In a delicate operation about as slow as watching the tide come in, on Monday the 765-foot heavy lift vessel…

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    Balash heads to Japan, Korea with BP to market LNG
    Balash heads to Japan, Korea with BP to...
    By Tim Bradner • September 17, 2014 1:17 pm

    Marketing efforts for the Alaska LNG Project have formally started, passing another major milestone.State Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Balash accompanied…

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    Closure of Flint Hills refinery  means higher-priced asphalt
    Closure of Flint Hills refinery means higher-priced asphalt
    By Elwood Brehmer • September 10, 2014 1:15 pm

    As paving season peaks, getting asphalt to construction sites across Alaska has become more complicated and expensive since Flint Hills…

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    Producers erase decline for FY ’14
    Producers erase decline for FY ’14
    By Tim Bradner • July 9, 2014 11:36 am

    In a dramatic development, North Slope oil producers have essentially erased a long-term decline trend that has existed for all…

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