• Quitting headlong dive – 09/06/2015 (Full story) Just days after Alberta Premier Rachel Notley refused to back away from fast-tracking a royalty review and corporate tax hike her government has done an about face. After meeting with more than 1,000 industry leaders since it was elected four months ago, Notley's left-wing New Democratic Party admin….

     

  • 10% Conoco cuts to hit Alaska – 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) ConocoPhillips is proposing to cut some 10 percent of its workforce. The impact is expected to be within that 10 percent range in Alaska, ConocoPhillips Alaska spokeswoman Natalie Lowman told Petroleum News in a Sept. 1 email. She said while the cut will be some 10 percent of the company's global….

     

  • Linc advancing Tyonek syngas plans – 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) Linc Energy Ltd. plans to convert its exploration license in the Tyonek region into conventional leases and begin permitting a synthesized natural gas operation. In financial filings from the end of August, the Australian independent said opportunities to produce and market synthetic natural gas to….

     

  • Conoco stakes 7 wells in NPR-A – 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. recently staked seven potential well locations in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The federal agency posted the notices on its website on Aug. 24. The seven locations — all for proposed oil wells — are spread across t….