Petroleum News by Alan Bailey. Nabors rig 16-E is about to move on site to drill three new wells in the North Slope Mustang field this winter, Jack Laasch (NGP Photo), Brooks Range Petroleum’s operations strategy manager, told the Alaska Support Industry Alliance Dec. 11. Having already completed the field’s gravel access road and pad, Brook….
ADN/The Arctic Sounder by  .JPG) Carey Restino.
Efforts to move forward with Arctic priorities got a boost with the passage of the federal spending bill last week, which included items Alaska’s lawmakers are calling vital to the Arctic. “This bill is not perfect, but it is the product of bipartisan negotiations and directs resources critical to our state — protecting the health and well-being of Alaskans and our fisheries, prioritizing our defense and investing in infrastructure for our state’s needs and America’s Arctic future,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), in a release. “I thank my colleagues for coming together to avoid another unnecessary government shutdown, and I thank them for recognizing the importance of these provisions for Alaska.” |
Today's relevant news links from the office of the Alaska gasline's Federal Coordinator, soon scheduled to close:
- Low oil prices could hurt LNG projects
- First tanker arrives for BG’s Australia coal-seam gas LNG project
- Chevron puts hold on drilling plans in Canadian Arctic
- Federal environmental review restarts for Petronas’ B.C. LNG project
- First Nations go to court over gas pipeline to LNG plant
- Mitsubishi buys into Petronas’ B.C. LNG project
- Russia government may help finance Yamal LNG
- Mozambique adopts fiscal stability law for gas projects
- China may turn away from coal-to-gas projects
- Alberta working toward using less fresh water in fracking
- Brazil’s LNG imports surge to cover hydropower shortfall
- Egypt will try fracking in effort to boost gas production
- Biologist alleges contaminated soils at proposed LNG site in Oregon
- Regulatory approval delayed for Puerto Rico LNG import terminal
- TransCanada CEO says low oil prices don’t change need for pipelines
- Alberta drilling auction bonus payments lowest since 2002
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