NEWS OF THE DAY: ConocoPhillips Alaska’s Greater Mooses Tooth #2 Produces First Oil ANCHORAGE – ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) Alaska today announced that the Greater Mooses Tooth #2 (GMT2) drill site in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) has achieved first oil production under budget and on schedule on Dec. 12.  GMT2 is the second project in the Greater Mooses Tooth Unit, … read more

NEWS OF THE DAY: U.S. lawmaker introduces bill to eliminate carbon credits for oil recoveryLeah Douglas, Reuters, December 13, 2021 California lawmaker Ro Khanna introduced a bill into the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday that would prevent investors from securing carbon capture and sequestration tax credits if the carbon is used to boost oil production. The bill has little … read more

NEWS OF THE DAY: Alaska senator seeks ethics reviews of Interior officialsHeather Richards, GREENWIRE, December 10, 2021 Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan has asked the Interior Department’s watchdog to investigate four political appointees for potential conflicts of interest related to their work on Alaska energy projects. In a Wednesday letter to Interior Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt, Sullivan said Interior officials who … read more