Marathon Petroleum Corp. continues to evaluate converting its Kenai LNG export terminal in Alaska to import the super-chilled fuel, a project the company said ultimately could be larger than originally planned to help meet local natural gas demand. FERC approved a Marathon subsidiary’s request in 2020 to convert the Kenai terminal, which hasn’t exported any…
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ConocoPhillips IDs Pressure Build-up as Source of Leak on Alaska’s North Slope
An internal investigation from ConocoPhillips into a recent gas leak at a site in Alaska’s North Slope points to extreme pressure that caused well equipment to fail, releasing a pocket of gas to the surface. The report comes more than two months after a leak occurred at one of the Houston-based independent’s oldest Alpine Field…
May 13, 2022
Alaska LNG Project Lands Private Partner, Plans to Seek Federal Funding to Launch $5.9B First Phase
Alaska is pursuing federal funding and partnering with a private firm to jumpstart a long-simmering pipeline project to export North Slope natural gas. Tim Fitzpatrick, spokesman for the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC), told NGI that Alaska aims to begin the first phase of the state’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline and export plant…
February 8, 2021
USGS Estimates 1.4 Tcf of Conventional Natural Gas in Alaska’s Western North Slope
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said Friday it estimates 1.4 Tcf of conventional natural gas resources are technically recoverable in formations west of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), the first time such an assessment has been released for the area. Despite the North Slope’s abundant petroleum resources, the region is not believed to contain any…
February 5, 2021
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