Alaska regulators push tighter rules after BP leaks
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Alaska regulators on  Wednesday defended their oversight of BP Plc , but  advocated tighter rules after leaks forced the oil giant to  shut down 12 oil wells this week.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - U.S. and Alaskan authorities   on Thursday demanded $92.2 million from Exxon Mobil for   environmental damages linked to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident.
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Oil giant BP Plc has denied misleading a   U.S. environmental regulator about having installed safety   equipment at its Texas City refinery that investigators believe   would have reduced the likelihood of a fatal explosion last   year.
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The federal government will open up nearly 46,000 square miles off Alaska's northwest coast to petroleum leases next month, a decision condemned by enviromental groups that contend the industrial activity will harm northern marine mammals.
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JUNEAU, Alaska  - Satellite fields surrounding the  giant Prudhoe Bay oil field will no longer be allowed to take  advantage of a state tax break that was intended to encourage  development of marginal deposits, Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski  said on Wednesday.
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BP PLC, the world's third-largest oil company, is under investigation by U.S. authorities for possible manipulation of crude oil and gasoline markets, a further blow to a reputation that has already suffered from recent oil spills in Alaska.
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Oil giant BP is expected to get grilled by a House committee today for its failure to prevent a major Alaskan pipeline from getting crippled by corrosion.
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An oil spill near a fragile wildlife reserve off Alaska, unleashed when a freighter snapped in two last week, appears to be less serious than initially feared, officials said Monday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc  to suspend oil exploration operations in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska pending a legal challenge being brought by environmental activists and Alaska native groups.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - BP Plc  has submitted a revised plan for preventing and responding to spills at the Prudhoe Bay oil field following pipeline corrosion problems and oil spills earlier this year, a state official said on Monday.
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BP  said on Wednesday  production at its Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska, the largest  in the United States, fell to 110,000 barrels per day (bpd) due  to a technical fault. A company spokesman said the reduced  output would last for several days. Production had previously  been about 200,000 bpd, around half the field's normal output.
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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said on Thursday it was sending investigators to probe the latest death at BP Plc's giant Texas refinery.
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BP Plc BP.L this week will conduct   safety tests and seek permission to restart part of the eastern   Prudhoe Bay oil field pipeline in Alaska that was shut due to   corrosion, the company told Congress on Tuesday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - As the search for six victims of a rescue helicopter crash was scaled back, officials on Friday turned to a growing problem stemming from the break up of a cargo ship off Alaska: a major oil spill near a sensitive wildlife refuge.
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The U.S. Congress comes back to town   next week to sift through the pieces of the latest oil patch   disaster -- pipeline corrosion that threatened to shut down the   giant Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska.
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By Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 27--WASILLA -- As state officials draft rules for the new Knik River Public Use Area, they're calling on the public to help.
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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said on Thursday it was sending investigators to probe the latest death at BP Plc.'s giant Texas refinery.