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Major Oil Producers Look For New Way To Exploit Natural Gas In Alaska

Reuters | Posted 03.06.2012

(Adds quotes, details) By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The chief executives of BP and ConocoPhillips, two of Ala...

Tom Zeller Jr.

Critics: Federal Arctic Drilling Impact Statement Falls Short ... Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 07.23.2011

The latest attempt by federal regulators to address concerns of environmental groups about plans for oil and gas development off the coast of Alaska a...

BP Has a Long History of Problems at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 07.04.2011

AlaskaDispatch.com

On Tuesday, it was announced that BP would pay $25 million and spend another $60 million implementing a state-of-the-art monitoring system to guard ag...

Obama to open up 1.8 million Alaskan acres to drilling

Posted 05.25.2011

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The Interior Department is offering oil and gas leases on 1.8 million acres of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve while pro...

British Petroleum Rebuffs Better Boom Barrier

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Georgianne Nienaber

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North Slope Oil Spill: Leak In Alaska Among Worst Ever (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

AP reports on a massive oil spill on the North Slope -- among the worst ever in the region: A North Slope spill of an estimated 46,000 gallons was ca...