First delivery of LNG from North Slope facility to Fairbanks!
Making LNG History in Alaska
Bethany Blankley, The Center Square, October 14, 2025
A Houston-based company has helped make history by completing the first liquified natural gas (LNG) delivery from Alaska’s North Slope beyond the arctic region this month.
Houston-based Harvest Midstream and Alaska’s Interior Gas Utility (IGU) have completed the first delivery of LNG via pipeline from Alaska’s North Slope to Fairbanks, making the delivery the first commercial sale of North Slope gas to communities beyond the Arctic region in U.S. history.
“For the first time in history, North Slope gas isn’t just staying on the Slope — it’s reaching beyond to power Alaska’s future,” Harvest CEO Jason Rebrook said. “This project unlocks clean, reliable energy for Interior families and businesses and shows what’s possible when we work together to build Alaska’s energy security.”
Harvest’s North Slope LNG facility near Deadhorse, Alaska, will produce up to 150,000 gallons a day, triple the capacity of IGU’s current plant. Deliveries are projected to surpass 8 million cubic feet of natural gas a day as IGU expands its infrastructure and converts customers over to natural gas service, it says.
Harvest began operating in Alaska in 2014 and expanded its role in the state’s critical infrastructure over the last decade. In 2020, it acquired BP’s midstream assets, bringing Harvest a 49% ownership stake in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.
IGU, a publicly owned utility of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, serves more than 3,400 customers and operates more than 150 miles of mainline in Fairbanks and 85 miles in North Pole. It’s supported by 5.5 million gallons of LNG storage at three storage sites.
“Bringing North Slope natural gas into Fairbanks is a historic step for Interior Alaska but also for our state as a whole,” IGU General Manager Elena Sudduth said. “This project gives our community access to a new, virtually unlimited, source of gas, strengthening our resilience and ensuring our customers have access to reliable service as Alaska’s energy landscape continues to evolve.”
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Congressman Begich uses Congressional Review Act to remove restrictions on North Slope drilling.
House Republican moves to erase Biden’s Alaska oil lease plan
Kelsey Brugger, E & E News, October 15, 2025 (subscription required)
An Alaska Republican has introduced legislation that would zero out a Biden administration plan that critics said restricted oil and gas drilling on the state’s North Slope.
Rep. Nick Begich (R-Alaska) introduced the Congressional Review Act resolution, H.J. Res. 131, on Friday. It would strike down last year’s Bureau of Land Management plan outlining energy development in the state.
Republicans say the Biden plan defied the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which required BLM to hold lease sales within 10 years of the law’s enactment in areas known to be rich with hydrocarbons. Begich’s office did not provide comment on Tuesday.
The Congressional Review Act makes it easier for lawmakers to kill recent federal actions. In this case — as with a flurry of recent examples striking down Biden-era actions — the BLM never sent the plan to Congress as a “rule,” so the CRA clock never started.
Australian interest in Alaska mine lifts stock value 55%.
Nova Minerals stock soars after announcing White House interest in Alaska mining project
Jake Conley, Yahoo!Finance, October 14, 2025
Shares of small-cap mining company Nova Minerals (NVA) gained more than 55% in the first hour of the trading session on Tuesday after briefly doubling before the open following an announcement from the company of a request from the Trump administration to prepare briefs on one of its gold (GC=F) and minerals extraction sites.
Australia-based Nova Minerals announced in a press release early Tuesday morning that the US ambassador to Australia has asked the company to prepare a briefing on the miner’s Estelle Gold and Critical Minerals Project in Alaska ahead of an upcoming meeting between President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The site is “among the world’s largest undeveloped gold assets,” according to Nova Minerals.
Fellow Aussie mining companies Fortescue Metals Group (FVJ.SG) and Australian Mines (AMSLF) and multinational British-Australian giant Rio Tinto (RIO) were trading up in sympathy following the news.
The mining site, roughly 100 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, is projected to hold more than 9.9 million ounces of gold across its four most promising deposits, which would be worth roughly $41 billion at Tuesday morning’s gold price of $4,140 per troy ounce.
Nova Minerals also announced at the beginning of October that the Department of Defense made a $43.4 million investment in a wholly owned subsidiary of the company to fund the development of domestic antimony sources.