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AIDEA begins Broadening Interior Gas Search
By Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce The transformation of the Interior Energy Project has begun. This time, a Cook Inlet gas source is a real possibility. With the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority [...]
State Looking for new Natural Gas Source
By Matt Buxton mbuxton@newsminer.com newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — The state is on the hunt for new sources of natural gas after the contractor on the North Slope plant bowed out of the project. The Alaska Industrial [...]
Heritage, Community Mainstays for Fairbanksan
Robin Wood rwood@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — Jack Wilbur is inexorably tied to Fairbanks. He was born at St. Joseph’s Hospital, the same place as his mother, father and grandmother. Wilbur’s mother still lives in the Weeks Field [...]
Natural Gas Trucking Project Deadline may be Extended
By Matt Buxton mbuxton@newsminer.com newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — With utilities wary of costs, the state could offer three more months to get the Interior Energy Project right. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority could offer [...]
Year in Review: No Decline, Drilling Hits Record
Alaska’s oil and gas producers achieved what many thought was unthinkable last year. In state fiscal year 2014, which ended last June 30, there was almost zero decline in production. Output from producing oil fields [...]
A critical juncture: The cost estimate for Interior Energy Project comes in higher than hoped
by Alan Bailey Petroleum News With estimated costs higher than anticipated and a concession agreement due to expire at the end of December, the board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority faces some [...]
Interior Energy Project remains in limbo
BY ELWOOD BREHMER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Self-imposed deadlines have come and gone and the future of the Interior Energy Project is in doubt. Project team members from the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority [...]
AIDEA board considering extension for challenged gas trucking project
By Matt Buxton mbuxton@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — Amid growing costs for the North Slope natural gas processing plant, the future of the Interior Energy Project as currently envisioned is on shaky ground. Contracts and agreements that were [...]