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    Reports are positive for Buccaneer Energy’s Cosmopolitan No. 1 site near Stariski. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Buccaneer pleased with results at Cosmo
    By Tim Bradner • August 14, 2013 1:35 pm

    Buccaneer Energy CEO Curtis Burton says he is very pleased with results so far on the company’s Cosmo No. 1…

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    Hilcorp signs contracts to supply natural gas to utilities
    Hilcorp signs contracts to supply natural gas to...
    By Tim Bradner • July 31, 2013 1:09 pm

    New gas contracts are being signed with Southcentral electric utilities, alleviating concerns that there could be near-term gas shortages. Hilcorp…

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    TOTE’s conversion  to LNG on track
    TOTE’s conversion to LNG on track
    By Elwood Brehmer • July 10, 2013 3:58 pm

    Almost a year after announcing it would convert two of its vessels to liquefied natural gas, officials with Totem Ocean…

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    Buccaneer prefers subsea system to develop its Cosmopolitan site
    Buccaneer prefers subsea system to develop its Cosmopolitan...
    By Tim Bradner • June 12, 2013 12:29 pm

    Independent oil and gas explorer Buccaneer Energy says it would prefer a subsea production system for the development of Cosmopolitan,…

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    Firms drill ahead on inlet projects
    Firms drill ahead on inlet projects
    By Tim Bradner • May 29, 2013 1:27 pm

    Two closely watched Cook Inlet exploration wells being drilled with jack-up rigs are reported to have reached or are approaching…

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    Apache’s seismic work still stalled by permit delays
    Apache’s seismic work still stalled by permit delays
    By Brian Smith • May 15, 2013 12:13 pm

    After launching one of the largest and fastest 3D seismic data gathering campaigns in Cook Inlet’s history, Apache Oil Corp.’s…

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    The Endeavour-Spirit of Independence jack up rig, seen here in early April at the Cosmopolitan site near Anchor Point, has spudded its first well nine months after it arrived in Cook Inlet from Singapore in mid-August 2012. Buccaneer said it would drill to a depth of 8,000 feet to test for oil and gas on the site. Drilling is expected to take 45 days.-Photo by Brian Smith/Peninsula Clarion
    Buccaneer spuds first well at Cosmo site
    By Brian Smith • May 15, 2013 12:00 pm

    Buccaneer Energy has spudded its first well with the Endeavour-Spirit of Independence jack-up rig nine months after it arrived in…

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    Lower revenues, oil production forecast
    Lower revenues, oil production forecast
    By Tim Bradner • April 10, 2013 1:27 pm

    JUNEAU — The state Department of Revenue issued its spring oil revenue and production forecast Friday and is projecting lower…

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    The Endeavour rests Monday off Stariski-Photo by Brian Smith, Morris News Service - Alaska
    Jack-up rig now at lease site
    By BRIAN SMITH Peninsula Clarion and MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Homer News • April 3, 2013 5:58 pm

    With little fanfare but much anticipation, a small group of residents watched early last Friday morning as the Endeavour-Spirit Independence…

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    Endeavour gets shipping certificate; spill plan delayed
    Endeavour gets shipping certificate; spill plan delayed
    By Michael Armstrong • March 8, 2013 1:03 pm

    The jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence received one of its certifications that will allow it to move soon to the…

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    Shell to move its Arctic drill rigs to Asia for repairs
    Shell to move its Arctic drill rigs to...
    By Tim Bradner • February 18, 2013 4:55 pm

    Shell broke its weeks-long silence on the status of its two Arctic drill rigs Feb. 11. The Kulluk and Noble…

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    Alyeska looks at new ways to keep TAPS oil flowing
    Alyeska looks at new ways to keep TAPS...
    By Tim Bradner • February 18, 2013 4:12 pm

    Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. is looking at ways to keep oil flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline system as the amount…

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    Buccaneer reaches out to community
    Buccaneer reaches out to community
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 1, 2012 11:29 am

    Everything from angry reminders of past disasters to pleas for responsible development were expressed by area residents at two community…

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