State Approves Badami and Pikka Oil Plan Amendments
The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas signed off on two North Slope projects, including a permanent gravel road and new facilities at the Pikka unit.
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Oil and gas coverage in the Last Frontier follows exploration, production, pipeline operations and the energy companies whose decisions shape much of Alaska's economy and state budget. Reporting reaches Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.
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November 5, 2026
Regulator Sets Hearing on Mustang Flaring FinesThe Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will hear Mustang Holding LLC's challenge to two flaring penalties totaling about $937,000.
November 5, 2026
Westlawn Funds Augusta-1 Well on Alaska North SlopeHouston-based Westlawn Americas Offshore will fund drilling of an exploration well in South Prudhoe for a 40% working interest.
November 3, 2026
Alaska Oil Averages $122.21 a Barrel in OctoberNorth Slope crude hit its fifth-highest nominal monthly average on record, pushed up by the Iran war and tight global supply.
October 29, 2026
Alaska Authority Seeks Refuge Oil Exploration PermitsThe state filed for geologic study permits in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to evaluate potential oil deposits.
October 23, 2026
South Korea and Taiwan Eye Alaska Gas PipelineThe two nations are considering multi-billion dollar investments in a new natural gas pipeline project in Alaska.
October 22, 2026
ConocoPhillips Proposes New Alaska Drill PadThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental impact statement for the CD8 drill site project.
October 22, 2026
Alaska Backs Enstar Lease for Kenai Gas StorageThe state issued a preliminary finding favoring Enstar Natural Gas to repurpose the Kenai Loop field for storage.
October 22, 2026
Alaska Approves Hilcorp G Pad ExpansionState regulators authorized a gravel project to improve site access near Prudhoe Bay.
October 22, 2026
Alaska Commission Approves Megrez-1 Disposal WellRegulators authorize Great Bear to use the suspended well for on-site waste disposal.
October 21, 2026
USGS Estimates Massive North Slope Gas ReservesFederal researchers identify 96 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas across Alaska's North Slope region.
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Coverage takes in production levels and field development plans, pipeline capacity and maintenance decisions, drilling approvals and environmental review, company earnings and the commodity price movements that drive them. Alaska's oil and gas revenues fund a significant portion of state government operations, making production trends and price swings a structural variable in nearly every state budget story. Federal permitting decisions on Arctic and offshore acreage — and legal challenges to those decisions — generate sustained coverage that runs well past any single approval or denial. Pipeline throughput and the infrastructure questions around it have become more prominent as legacy North Slope production declines and new field development advances at different rates.