North Slope, AK

Officials with ConocoPhillips are still trying to determine the source of an ongoing natural gas leak reported at a North Slope oil drill site earlier this month. The company says a subsurface gas leak was first observed at the Alpine site early in the morning on Friday, March 4. By March 7, the company relocated 300 of the site’s roughly 400 workers. The site is currently not producing oil.

Officials with ConocoPhillips are still trying to determine the source of an ongoing natural gas leak reported at a North Slope oil drill site earlier this month. The company says a subsurface gas leak was first observed at the Alpine site early in the morning on Friday, March 4. By March 7, the company relocated 300 of the site’s roughly 400 workers. The site is currently not producing oil.

A days-long natural gas leak has forced a partial evacuation at one of the biggest oil fields in North Slope, Alaska, local media reported on Tuesday, with one local official saying the gas was still leaking. The leak was discovered Friday at a drill site in ConocoPhillips' Alpine oil field,...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -A days-long natural gas leak has forced a partial evacuation at one of the biggest oil fields in North Slope, Alaska, media reported on Tuesday, with one local official saying the gas was still leaking. The leak was discovered Friday at a drill site in ConocoPhillips' Alpine...

Alaska North Slope oil production is holding generally steady, down slightly in January compared with December but essentially even with the same month a year ago. January, 2021 average total production for the North Slope was 498,176 barrels per day, according to Alaska Department of Revenue production data. The outlook...

North Slope oil production is holding steady and is set for an increase in January with two new ConocoPhilllips projects ramping up. ConocoPhillips started production Dec. 12 at GMT-2, an accumulation in the National Petroleum Reserve west of the Alpine field, and on Dec. 14, the company began sustained production at Narwhal, an oil accumulation extending south of the Alpine field.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - The North Slope Borough Police Department is searching for a missing juvenile from Utqiagvik. 16-year-old Janice Richards was lasted seen on Wednesday February 24th between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. According to the public information officer for the borough, Richards was wearing a purple jacket with a...

Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative (ASTAC) has launched the North Slope’s first and only 25/5 Mbps internet service, called Home Internet 25+. “Today we are proud to being the launch of our Home Internet 25+ in Utqiaġvik, Wainwright, Point Home, and Nuiqsut,” says Jens Laipenieks, ASTAC CEO and general manager.