The National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program was first released by BOEM in November and currently includes 34 potential lease ...

SPARTAN 151 RIG, COOK INLET — Deep below the ocean floor outside Anchorage this spring, a huge drill bit chewed through multi-million-year-old sandstone, sending crushed bits of rock back to the ...

Natural gas production from offshore platforms in Cook Inlet, outside of Anchorage, has declined over the past several decades. The area's dominant producer, Hilcorp, has warned electric and heating ...

In the fall of 2018, officials with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and their partners celebrated what they thought was a milestone: an end to the infestation of invasive northern pike in the ...

Natural gas production in Cook Inlet averaged 210,730 thousand cubic feet per day in November, down 1.06%, 2,263 mcf per day, from an October average of 212,993 mcf per day but up 10.73% from a ...

Low clouds hang over Cook Inlet north of Anchor Point on Oct. 23, 2025. The Trump administration is planning an oil and gas lease sale in federal territory of the inlet. It is set to be the first of ...

On Jan. 12 the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas posted a notice of sale for the Alaska Peninsula Areawide 2026 and Cook Inlet Areawide 2026 competitive oil and gas lease ...

The Interior Gas Utility plans to continue its mainline expansion this summer and prepare to switch its liquefied natural gas source from Cook Inlet to Prudhoe Bay in April. IGU General Manager Elena ...