Bill Wielechowski
26:14 - 26:52
“the fact that BlueCrest has what we believe to be several, probably a couple hundred billion cubic feet of gas, and that's very recoverable. And we need to hear from the Department of Natural Resources as to why they have let BlueCrest sit on those leases for a decade and not enforce the leases.”
- Speaker
- Bill Wielechowski
- Timestamp
- 26:14 – 26:52
- Transcript
- Alaska Legislature recording 2026-08-10
- Community
- Alaska News
From the transcript
Is—. I'm glad to hear we've talked about this, having some hearings on this in the next, in next week or so. And what really need— what we really need to focus on is exactly what Senator Giesel mentioned, which is The fact that BlueCrest has what we believe to be several, probably a couple hundred billion cubic feet of gas, and that's very recoverable. And we need to hear from the Department of Natural Resources as to why they have let BlueCrest sit on those leases for a decade and not enforce the leases. We need to hear from DNR about the progress on the kitchen lights.
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