ConocoPhillips Alaska

ConocoPhillips seeks five more years of North Slope off-road travel; comments due Friday

ConocoPhillips wants to keep driving and building ice roads on state land on the North Slope for five more years. Its current permit expires Dec. 17.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4w ago2 min readFrom Sep 10

North Slope oil throughput back above 500,000 barrels a day, former commissioner says

North Slope oil is back above 500,000 barrels a day, at least on some days. Oil-tax defenders credit the 2013 tax law and expect a fight in Juneau.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: North Slope oil is running below the state's forecast so far, and the price is running above it

Written comments on Willow drilling and injection rules are due Tuesday unless a Nov. 4 hearing is held

BLM wants to approve some NPR-A oil sites in 60 days by doing the big review once, up front. Here's what that means, and where Nuiqsut and others stand.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago4 min readFrom Sep 21

ConocoPhillips' Disclosed Alaska Royalties Fell 58% in Two Years

ConocoPhillips paid $37.97 million in royalties on its federal Alaska leases last year, down 58 percent from 2023, partly on lower oil prices.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Alpine pipeline seeks nearly double metering capacity for Willow-era output

A North Slope pipeline wants to nearly double how much oil it can meter as Willow nears production. The filing changes measurement capacity, not Willow's approval.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

ConocoPhillips asks Alaska regulators to set Willow drilling and injection rules

ConocoPhillips asked state regulators to set Willow's drilling and injection rules. Nuiqsut's city and tribe dropped their opposition letter in 2023.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 3

The pipeline right-of-way comment window got another week

The public has until Sept. 17 to comment on whether the trans-Alaska pipeline keeps its federal right-of-way for 30 more years, after the Bureau of Land Management extended the deadline by a week.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 26

ConocoPhillips drilled in the NPR-A this winter and has not said what it found

ConocoPhillips drilled multiple wells in the NPR-A this winter and added $104 million to costs it has not resolved. It has not said what it found.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 31

On the North Slope, the oil field grows a few thousand cubic yards at a time

ConocoPhillips wants to lay gravel for two small Kuparuk expansions — the kind of routine, acre-at-a-time growth critics say is exactly how the North Slope's footprint quietly spreads.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4mo ago1 min read

Oliktok Pipeline seeks 160% rate hike on North Slope gas segments

Oliktok Pipeline is seeking to nearly triple gas transportation rates on three North Slope segments, with new rates set to take effect Aug. 1, 2026, pending Regulatory Commission of Alaska approval.

by Maggie AlaskaNews4mo ago2 min readFrom Jul 1

ConocoPhillips is finding new oil in the Kuparuk field, in rock decades of drilling missed

The Kuparuk field has fallen 80% since its 1992 peak, but ConocoPhillips is reviving it by tapping Coyote and other reservoirs that older drilling technology overlooked.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 4mo ago2 min read

A gravel permit, and how North Slope oil is built on gravel

ConocoPhillips wants to expand a gravel pad at its Kuparuk field. It's a routine permit — but a small look at how North Slope oil is literally built on imported gravel.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 4mo ago1 min read

ConocoPhillips seeks North Slope road upgrades for Willow haul

ConocoPhillips filed an amended permit Friday to upgrade a North Slope gravel road for hauling Willow oil project modules, expanding the easement footprint by 1.6 acres. Public comment closes June 30.

by Alaska Newsadded 5mo ago1 min read

ConocoPhillips files amended Meltwater easement application

ConocoPhillips filed an amended application to renew a state easement for surface access to Meltwater infrastructure on the North Slope, with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources accepting public comment through its Permitting Section.

by Alaska Newsadded 5mo ago1 min read

ConocoPhillips is widening the last gravel road before Willow's modules hit ice

The Willow project takes another step forward

by Bill AlaskaNews5mo ago2 min read

Federal appeals court clears Alaska to release NPR-A drilling data

A federal appeals court ruled Alaska can release ConocoPhillips exploration well data from the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska after the state's confidentiality period expires, rejecting the company's claim that federal law blocked disclosure.

by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 5mo ago2 min read