Alaska officials have rejected Exxon Mobil’s latest plans to develop the giant Point Thomson oil and natural-gas field, setting up a legal showdown to determine whether the state can revoke the lease.
The move is the latest sign of how testy the relationship between Alaska and oil companies has grown in recent months as state officials […]

When engineers first turned the spigot on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPs) in 1977, they thought it would run for about 30 years. But with its 31st anniversary approaching in June, the pipeline is supposedly primed for another 30 years.
As producers continue to find ways to squeeze more oil from the frozen North Slope, a […]

Alaska’s long-held dream of utilizing its vast gas reserves cam a step closer yesterday when BP and ConocoPhillips joined forces to try to break a longstanding political deadlock over the project.
The two energy giants have said that they will spend billions to build a pipeline from the North Slope to feed energy-hungry markets in […]

A controversial land swap proposal could open portions of an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, but the scheme is already dividing native Alaskans.
Supporters of the plan to exchange land in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, which lies just south of the more-famous ANWR, want the plan approved before the pro-oil Bush Administration leaves […]

European governments have been told to plan for an era of conflict over energy resources, with global warming likely to trigger a dangerous contest between Russia and the west for the mineral riches of the Arctic.
A report from the EU’s top two foreign policy officials for a summit in Brussels this week warns that “significant […]