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Hilcorp Alaska has applied to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for supplemental development drilling at its Tyonek Platform in northern Cook Inlet using the Spartan 151 mobile offshore drilling unit or a similar MODU.
DEC said in a notice of review for an Alaskan Pollutant Discha.
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Interest in Mount Spurr isn’t new. The state has held geothermal lease sales there since the ’80s.
But the resource has never been successfully harnessed or developed.
Step one is just locating it, said Steve Masterman, the director of the state’s Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.
“First, you have to find the resource, he said. Understanding the geology is really a key part to that.”
The basic idea of geothermal is to harness the heat contained below the earth’s surface, in the form of steam and water. Geothermal’s a renewable resource, and like other renewables, can be used to heat homes or generate electricity.
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Dr. Laurie Stuart has accepted the position of executive director at the Tyonek Tribal Conservation District. Stuart is an experienced nonprofit executive with more than 10 years of leadership roles in science education, conservation, and nonprofit management. She comes to TTCD after serving as a director at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, and has previously held leadership positions at the Pratt Museum in Homer and at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. Stuart earned her doctorate of education from the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on sustainability, social justice, and participatory methods in natural resource management. She also holds a master’s degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Stuart will be following TTCD’s founding executive director
Geothermal prospecting permit issued for Mount Spurr, Alaska thinkgeoenergy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thinkgeoenergy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.