Future uncertain
After reviewing logs and finding "no commercial hydrocarbons," Anadarko Petroleum plugged its Jacob's Ladder well this winter, according to a first quarter operations report released on May 6.
The oil prospect sits 10 miles southeast of Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's eastern North Slope and for years geolo...more
Canada to fast-track Alaska
The Canadian government is promising not to repeat the plodding process that has been a drag on the Mackenzie Gas Project if it is asked to regulate an Alaska gas pipeline across Canadian territory.
A senior federal official told a conference of U.S. and Canadian energy officials in Calgary May 5 th...more
Learning from Norway
In three decades Norway's offshore oil and gas industry has mushroomed from a zero base to the forefront of technical achievement. And the country's example of learning through practical experience and using cutting edge technology can point the way on how to move forward in exploring new frontiers...more
Embarrassing but true, the Orlan platform used to be called the Glomar Beaufort Sea I CIDS
Slap-dab on page 1 of last week's Petroleum News there was a photo of the Orlan production platform being used offshore Sakhalin Island. Although the Russian professor who was the subject of three Arctic articles in that issue (and two in this issue) did NOT say the Orlan platform was of Russian or...more
Imperial 'excited' about Mac
A change at the helm of Imperial Oil hasn't changed the company's view of the Mackenzie Gas Project.
If anything, newly installed Chief Executive Officer Bruce March sounds more enthusiastic than his predecessor Tim Hearn about plans to develop Canada's Arctic natural gas resources, despite the pile...more
Talisman answers imminent
Talisman Energy may answer the pressing question about its subsidiary FEX's future in Alaska in the third week of May when it completes the biggest shake-up in its history.
Under new Chief Executive Officer John Manzoni, who ended the 16-year reign at the top by Jim Buckee last September, the once g...more
British Columbia: Come one, come all
The big and the little are joining British Columbia's latest resource rush into the province's northeastern shale gas region.
Imperial Oil, Canada's largest all-purpose oil and gas company, disclosed in late April that it, in a joint partnership with sister company ExxonMobil Canada, has rounded up...more
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