Prudhoe Bay News

More oil could be found, or developed at Prudhoe Bay or Kuparuk or Alpine, the major fields on the North Slope.

A shortage of available drilling rigs on the North Slope has caused some explorers to delay their work this winter, sources in industry and state officials say.

Drew Barrymore in a scene from Big Miracle, a film about the rescue of a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

Can someone explain to me why the Obama administration is preventing us from drilling for oil anywhere in America or in our coastal waters, but when the price of a gallon of gas was hovering around $3.50 a gallon, the administration also talked about drawing down the nation's strategic reserve in an attempt to keep gas prices down? The price of gas ... (more)

The Regulatory Commission of Alaska is putting off its decision on a small North Slope natural gas pipeline for another month as it works through some issues on the case.

Especially for Bonnie Carroll because for her, it's personal. The movie portrays her own love story- one that was sparked in an unlikely way- when three gray whales became trapped under the ice of the Beaufort Sea in 1988.

The recent court ruling on 2010's Gulf oil spill has probably been among the more popular stories about BP in the past seven days.

A new report by the research firm McDowell Group is shedding light on seemingly contradictory North Slope employment figures and an apparent spike in nonresident hire.

A new report by the research firm McDowell Group is shedding light on seemingly contradictory North Slope employment figures and an apparent spike in nonresident hire.

Although Great Bear Petroleum does not yet have a drilling rig for its North Slope shale exploration and evaluation program, the director of Alaska's Division of Oil and Gas told state lawmakers Jan.

Alaska drilling regulators have issued an order authorizing a procedure to test production from an experimental natural gas hydrate well in the Prudhoe Bay field.

And aside from writing generous paychecks every quarter, many of these securities have also delivered triple-digit share price This trust operates in the Prudhoe Bay oil field located on the North Slope in Alaska -- the largest oil field in North America.

A group of Fairbanks-based tour companies has reached an agreement to purchase Warbelow's Air Ventures, a move the new owners hope will stabilize year-round revenues while complementing their existing operations.

Venezuela has formally begun its withdrawal from a World Bank-affiliated arbitration body, the government announced Wednesday, in a decision made by President Hugo Chavez as cases have accumulated against the country's seizures of companies and their assets.

Solar flares emitted by the sun on the morning of Jan. 23 concerned airlines enough to reroute its Polar route flights but may improve aurora borealis activity in Alaska .

Rep. Les Gara has called for a legislative hearing on his version of an oil company tax-reform bill in the face of dwindling oil production on the North Slope.

A significant source of greenhouse gases has started leaking into the Earth's atmosphere from an unlikely place.

Methane hydrate, as the substance is known, has long been regarded by oil and gas companies as a nuisance because it can block marine drilling rigs.

In 1973, Elden Johnson was a young engineer with a job working on one of the most ambitious and uncertain projects in the world - an 800-mile steel pipeline that carried warm oil over frozen ground.