Oil & gas

A diesel spill along the Yukon raises fears about Hilcorp’s drilling program

No one is saying whether the truck that spilled 1,000 gallons of fuel had…

Above the Yukon River, on Native land, Hilcorp is set to drill for oil this summer

Hilcorp has signed oil leases with Doyon, the Indigenous-owned corporation for Interior Alaska, which…

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract

I am a geoscientist who studies the environmental history of Greenland and its ice…

Trump order opening Arctic Alaska waters to oil leasing draws legal challenge

Environmental groups say, as they did 8 years ago, that Trump violated the law…

Rolling blackouts could loom for urban Alaska as natural gas crunch intensifies
Rolling blackouts could loom for urban Alaska as natural gas crunch intensifies

Homer Electric Association, which serves much of the Kenai Peninsula, recently announced that it…

Lower prices dim expectations for Alaska oil earnings in coming years
Lower prices dim expectations for Alaska oil earnings in coming years

North Slope production is expected to start rising in a few years, but revenues…

Mining company angling for Alaska mine surges in value after Trump’s election
Mining company angling for Alaska mine surges in value after Trump’s election

Donald Trump’s election has boosted a company that’s seeking to build a mine at…

Russia has begun designing nuclear-powered submarines to export gas, says top official
Russia has begun designing nuclear-powered submarines to export gas, says top official

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has begun designing nuclear-powered submarines to export liquefied natural…