Todays Key Takeaways:  Biden blocks Cook Inlet lease sales – claiming no interest. Conoco Phillips provides details. Germany to cut red tape for LNG projects. Ucore advancing Bokan. New Alaska news outlet focusing on politics. NEWS OF THE DAY: Biden pulls 3 offshore oil lease sales, curbing new drilling this yearAnna Phillips, The Washington Post, May 12, 2022 The Interior … read more

Today’s Key Takeaways:  ConocoPhillips is challenging a land use permit issued by the state of Alaska for Santos’ Pikka project. Experts predict gasoline prices will rise even higher. Oil sunk below $100 a barrel as fears of a COVID-19 lockdown in China’s capital ease the global demand crunch. Top Republican on House climate change panel harangued the American Petroleum Institute for … read more

Today’s Key Takeaways:  Makushin Geothermal Project gets $2m boost. No injuries or environmental impacts as a result of North Slope natural gas leak. Governor Dunleavy to President Biden: “Invoking Defense Production Act Contradicts Federal Decisions Delaying Ambler Access.”  Supreme Court reinstates Trump “certification rule” relating to Clean Water Act. NEWS OF THE DAY: Unalaska tribe gets federal money for geothermal … read more