Firm resumed stock trading after denying "corruption, illegality or bad faith" by arbitration panel in long quest for millions in project payment from state-owned energy firm.
ConocoPhillips announced a final investment decision for the estimated $8B North Slope energy development four days after a US appeals court rejected opponents latest plea to stop $900M of now underway winter construction.
A $283M gas power plant being built near Billings may face new environmental scrutiny as the state Supreme Court weighs a lower court decision that a state law barring greenhouse gas emission impact detail is unconstitutional.