Reducing NPR-A restrictions Proposed rollback of NPR-A regulation changes mainly impacts "special areas" Alan Bailey for Petroleum News The recently announced proposal by the U.S. Department of the ...

Corps applications for North Slope work ConocoPhillips Alaska, Hilcorp North Slope, Afognak Leasing have facilities work including dredging, completion of storage pad Kristen Nelson Petroleum News The ...

Legendary geologist Ken Bird dies; Rutherford to Pantheon; RDC's 50th Kay Cashman Petroleum News On April 23, Kenneth "Ken" Bird passed away peacefully at home in Palo Alto, California at 85 years of ...

Baker Hughes US rig count drops 4 to 559 Oklahoma, Texas, lead US weekly drop at 2 rigs each; international rig count down by 5 from April to May, down 67 year over year Kristen Nelson Petroleum News ...

EIA: low 2025 crude oil prices expected In June Short-Term Energy Outlook, agency says price, lower rig count, expected to affect short-term US crude production rates Kristen Nelson Petroleum News Low ...

Interior moves to reopen up to 82% of NPR-A for oil and gas leasing Kay Cashman Petroleum News On June 17, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced a new step to support American energy ...

War = ANS upper $70s Israeli attack on Iran nuclear facilities ups prices to five-month high Steve Sutherlin Petroleum News Alaska North Slope crude exploded into the upper $70s June 13 on news that ...

ANS cuts above $70 Iran-related Middle East tensions, China agreement fuel crude rally Steve Sutherlin Petroleum News West Texas Intermediate crude skyrocketed $3.17 June 11 to close at $68.15 per ...

GAO cites gaps in TAPS oversight by JPO Government Accountability Office recommends clarifying roles of Joint Pipeline Office agencies, updating operations Kay Cashman Petroleum News In 1989, the ...

Oil patch insider: Santos gets $18.7B cash offer from ADNOC to grow global gas biz Kay Cashman Petroleum News Santos Limited, led by chief executive Kevin Gallagher, said on June 16 that it received a ...

9th Circuit affirms in part and reverses in part Willow decision Kristen Nelson Petroleum News In a June 13 decision on appeal, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ...

Focus on seismic Armstrong reprocessing 3D from many shoots across most of 325,000 acres Kay Cashman Petroleum News Operator Bill Armstrong and his partners in the Lagniappe acreage on Alaska's ...