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Haaland revokes Trump-era O&G orders, forms climate task force
Kay Cashman
Petroleum News
On April 16, Interior Secretary Debra Haaland issued two secretarial orders: one, SO 3398, revoking a series of fossil fuel-related secretarial orders issued under the Trump administration, and the other, SO 3399, establishing a climate task force to coordinate across the department, prioritizing cl..
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New leasing already on hold
Impact Native, State lands
State of Alaska not consulted
Trump era orders revoked
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88 Energy wraps drilling in Q1; Alaska spend $14.2M in quarter
Steve Sutherlin
Petroleum News
88 Energy Ltd. spent $11.8 million on exploration and evaluation in Alaska during the first quarter 2021 ending March 31 primarily associated with expenditure on Project Peregrine Merlin 1 well drilling, the company said in its quarterly report issued April 20. It spent $ 1.5 million on the proj..
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Project Peregrine
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Spring sale bidding to begin online May 17
Petroleum News
Bidding in the states spring oil and gas lease sales begins online May 17 and closes June 3, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas said April 21.
The southern areawide sales are offered in the spring s..
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Cook Inlet geothermal exploration proposed by Paul Craigs GeoAlaska
Alan Bailey
for Petroleum News
Alaskas Division of Oil and Gas has issued a preliminary finding, proposing the issuance of a permit to GeoAlaska LLC for geothermal exploration on state land tracts on the southern flank of Mount Spurr, an active volcano about 80 miles west of Anchorage. The permitted tracts are adjacent to land t..
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Extendable two-year permit
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Bill would allow subsurface only, Kachemak Bay gas-only leasing
Kristen Nelson
Petroleum News
There is an area of state waters off the southern Kenai Peninsula closed to oil and gas leasing, but adjacent to an area where Hilcorp Alaska is developing the Seaview unit a natural gas unit expected to come online later this year.
If the natural gas resource at Seaview extends out under state w..
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