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Judge refuses to stop drilling auction in Arctic refuge

By Bojan Lepic A federal judge in Alaska ruled that the Trump administration’s planned auction of oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could proceed as planned. The post Judge refuses… … Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore Energy Today

DoE grants Alaska LNG non-FTA export permit

By Adnan Bajic The United States Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy has authorized the Alaska LNG project to export the chilled fuel to non-free trade agreement countries. Courtesy of AGDC At the end of August, the Department of Energy issued an order authorizing Alaska LNG to export LNG produced from Alaskan sources by…

U.S. DoI grants right-of-way permits to Alaska LNG

By Adnan Bajic The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved the Alaska LNG pipeline project rights-of-way permits across federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Park Service (NPS). Courtesy of DOI These decisions, which adopt the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) environmental impact statement (EIS), establish the environmental protections…

AGDC cuts Alaska LNG cost estimate

By Adnan Bajic Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) has updated the Alaska LNG project cost estimate in a push to boost its competitiveness. Courtesy of AGDC The project leader AGDC noted the updated $38.7 billion cost estimate is a 12.4 per cent or $5.5 billion cost reduction off the previous $44.2 billion cost estimate, which…

U.S. approves Alaska LNG export project

By Mirza Duran U.S. energy regulators on Thursday approved construction and operation of Alaska Gasline Development Corp’s proposed $43.4 billion liquefied natural gas export project. Image courtesy of AGDC The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted a Section 3 Natural Gas Act authorization, with conditions, to the Alaska state-owned AGDC. The Alaska LNG project will consist…

ATB dedicated to Alaska fuels service joins Crowley’s fleet

By Jasmina Ovcina Crowley Fuels LLC, wholesale fuel transportation and sales division of US-based Crowley Maritime, took delivery of its new Alaska Class 100,000-barrel, articulated tug-barge (ATB) from Bollinger Shipyards. The vessel will be used to transport multiple clean petroleum products for the Alaska market and it will be operated by Crowley for Alaska-based Petro…

FERC stops Kenai LNG environmental review

By Mirza Duran The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is temporarily suspending an environmental assessment of a proposal to bring the closed Kenai LNG plant in Alaska back online as an import facility. FERC said on April 8 it would suspend the environmental review for the project until the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration…