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November 13, 2020
The Interior Department is set to issue a formal 鈥渃all for nominations鈥 as soon as Monday, kick-starting a final effort to get input on what tracts to auction inside the refuge鈥檚 1.56-million-acre coastal plain.
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November 2020
In the Arctic Circle, oil and gas interests are often a study of polar opposites. To some it looks like riches; for others, potential ruin.
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September 17, 2020
鈥淎ny company that bids on leases or expresses interest in destroying the Arctic Refuge for oil will face a major public backlash and long-lasting damage to their reputation,鈥 warned the groups, including the Wilderness Society, Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club.
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August 24, 2020
Environmentalists and Alaska natives are challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 decision to sell drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, arguing the government gave short shrift to the impact on polar bears and the region鈥檚 other wildlife.
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August 17, 2020
鈥淭oday鈥檚 announcement brings us one step closer to unlocking Alaska鈥檚 energy potential, which will create good-paying jobs and provide a new revenue stream for the state,鈥 API senior vice president of policy, economics and regulatory affairs Frank Macchiarola said.
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August 17, 2020
The Trump administration on Monday authorized a sweeping plan to sell drilling rights and spur oil development in Alaska鈥檚 rugged Arctic refuge, setting up a possible auction by the end of 2020 and a political clash if the president loses the November election.
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June 30, 2020
The company will bring back output in Alaska and other states next month, with Canadian production coming back in the third quarter. 鈥淕iven ongoing variability and uncertainty in the outlook for production curtailments, the company will continue to suspend forward-looking guidance and sensitivities,鈥 Conoco said in a statement Tuesday.
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May 20, 2020
Canadian and Alaskan crude that normally travels to the U.S. West Coast is finding a market in China, where demand is almost back to pre-pandemic levels.
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May 11, 2020
Bleak crude prices and fuel demand forecasts won鈥檛 blunt oil company bidding for Arctic drilling rights, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Monday.
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April 27, 2020
The latest front in the war against drilling for oil in Alaska鈥檚 rugged wildlife refuge isn鈥檛 Washington -- it鈥檚 Wall Street.
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March 03, 2020
Alaska鈥檚 $67 billion sovereign wealth fund, a pool that invests some of the state鈥檚 revenue from oil and other resources, is expressing displeasure with banks that oppose financing new Arctic exploration or development.
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February 28, 2020
The Trump administration is moving to sell drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Saturday.
Article
November 2019
Dancing on melting ice
News
September 13, 2019
The Trump administration on Thursday took a major step toward auctioning oil drilling rights across every acre of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge鈥檚 coastal plain, hours after the House of Representatives voted to outlaw the activity.
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September 12, 2019
The House is poised to vote Thursday to again bar oil and gas drilling in Alaska鈥檚 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as Democrats seek to put Republicans on the record on tough environmental issues for the 2020 election.
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March 31, 2019
The Trump administration's attempt to restore oil and gas leasing in U.S. waters was blocked by a federal judge in Alaska, delivering a win to environmentalists who argued that offshore drilling isn鈥檛 worth the risk.
Article
January 2018
2018: The best [or worst] year ever?
News
December 25, 2017
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke 鈥媟eleased an updated resource assessment鈥 for鈥 the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), the Western Beaufort Sea, adjacent State and Native lands, and State waters鈥,鈥嬧 which estimates the mean undiscovered, technically recoverable resources both on and offshore to include 17.6 Bbbl of oil and more than 50 Tcf of gas.
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December 20, 2017
Congress is close to lifting a 40-year-old ban on energy development in Alaska鈥檚 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but drilling for oil in that frozen wilderness may still be years away as the effort faces exhaustive environmental reviews and likely lawsuits.
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December 08, 2017
The Trump administration has a plan in place to speed up permit reviews for drilling in Alaska鈥檚 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge if Congress approves exploration there, an advisor to the U.S. Interior Department said Thursday.
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November 30, 2017
A bid to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling faces a hold up over an arcane budget rule, a development that may mean it can鈥檛 be included in the tax overhaul legislation.