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In the first few hours of his second presidency, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that could pave the way for oil drilling in North Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the ...

Sullivan also addressed the argument that Greenland “is rich in minerals and energy reserves,” writing, “Alaska is even richer,” with an estimated 40 billion barrels of oil and roughly 235 ...

Drilling in Alaska's pristine Arctic refuge has ... the Beaufort Sea is estimated to have up to 11.8 billion barrels of recoverable oil, enough to supply the U.S. for more than a year and a ...

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature is facing a substantial deficit in the upcoming fiscal year, due largely to diminished oil ...

Located on Alaska’s North Slope, the Megrez-1 well was drilled to delineate the eastern part of the Ahpun field with the aim of proving the existence of 510 million barrels of oil and about 100 ...

January 8, 2025 • Alaska's oil and gas sector has long been in decline. From a peak of oil production in the 80s, more than 2 million barrels per day, to a 75% drop to under 500,000 today.

The estate for Randy Lytle asserts that improper training and safety measures contributed to his death. Hilcorp denied the ...