The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has approved tariff changes for two North Slope pipelines - Milne Point and Point Thomson - both operated by Harvest Alaska, a subsidiary of Hilcorp.
A big increase per-barrel shipped, from $7.86 to $12.49, was approved June 1 by RCA for the Point Thomson pipelin.
Alaska oil and gas regulators have levied an unusually large fine against Hilcorp Alaska for violating an approved drilling process, and said the company continues to engage in a pattern of misbehavior that has led the agency to issue more than 60 enforcement actions against it.
On May 31 the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission issued a decision and order fining Hilcorp Alaska a civil penalty of $267,500 for changing the type of artificial lift approved by the commission in a permit to drill for the Milne Point Unit I-27 well, drilled and completed into the Schrader.