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How ’bout them ACES?
How ’bout them ACES?
By Mike Heimbuch • May 14, 2014 5:15 pm

It’s just overwhelming — the media coverage of how we should vote this fall on the ballot measure to repeal…

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Group wants to export crude oil from Skagway
Group wants to export crude oil from Skagway
By James Brooks • April 16, 2014 12:52 pm

JUNEAU — Alaskans know Valdez as the state’s oil port of choice, but an independent Yukon oil producer is planning…

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ConocoPhillips to resume LNG shipments from Nikiski plant
ConocoPhillips to resume LNG shipments from Nikiski plant
By Tim Bradner • April 16, 2014 12:15 pm

ConocoPhillips is restarting its liquefied natural gas plant on the Kenai Peninsula and will resume shipments of LNG in May,…

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Buccaneer Energy, an Australia-based independent company exploring for oil and gas in Cook Inlet, has suspended its CEO Curtis Burton, shown in this undated file photo,  and asked that trading of its shares on the Australian stock exchange be suspended while a restructuring of the company’s finances is accomplished.-Photo by Michael Dinneen/Alaska Journal of Commerce
Buccaneer Energy suspends its CEO in shakeup; Cook...
By Tim Bradner • March 17, 2014 5:27 pm

Buccaneer Energy, an Australia-based independent company exploring for oil and gas in Cook Inlet, has suspended its CEO Curtis Burton…

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The Endeavour-Spirit of Independence jack-up rig drills at the Cosmopolitan site in August of 2013.-Homer News file photo
Energy players in Cook Inlet expect progress to...
By KAYLEE OSOWSKI • February 26, 2014 11:27 am

Oil and gas companies have been making waves with developments in Cook Inlet and the Kenai Peninsula during the past…

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Buccaneer to abandon its West Eagle project
Buccaneer to abandon its West Eagle project
By Michael Armstrong • February 19, 2014 5:16 pm

After drilling 3,700 feet and not hitting hydrocarbons, Buccaneer Energy Alaska will abandon its West Eagle No. 1 well about…

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Cleanup continues at fatal crash site
Cleanup continues at fatal crash site
By Michael Armstrong • January 30, 2014 10:11 am

Cleanup of drilling cuttings, hydraulic fluids and other potentially hazardous waste continues at the site of a truck crash last…

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Council: Homer harbor open  for business
Council: Homer harbor open for business
By McKibben Jackinsky • December 18, 2013 6:27 pm

The Homer City Council earlier this month unanimously passed a resolution expressing and formalizing the city’s position and policy that…

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State: Don’t blame revenue drop on SB 21
State: Don’t blame revenue drop on SB 21
By Tim Bradner • December 18, 2013 3:55 pm

The oil tax law touted as guaranteeing Alaska a bigger slice of the profits pie when oil prices rise may…

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Kenai OKs drill waste facility
Kenai OKs drill waste facility
By Rashah McChesney • October 30, 2013 3:12 pm

After a brief presentation by Buccaneer Alaska Operations LLC representatives, Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission members unanimously approved a conditional…

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Buccaneer quits test well, state could cancel leases
Buccaneer quits test well, state could cancel leases
By Tim Bradner • October 17, 2013 12:21 pm

Buccaneer Energy Ltd. is having its share of problems with its Cook Inlet offshore exploration. The company has pulled its…

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Buccaneer temporarily moves jack-up rig to Port Graham
Buccaneer temporarily moves jack-up rig to Port Graham
By Michael Armstrong • October 10, 2013 9:38 am

Although Homer city officials said they hoped the jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence would moor at the Deep Water Dock…

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Buccaneer begins move to West Eagle
Buccaneer begins move to West Eagle
By McKibben Jackinsky • October 2, 2013 4:47 pm

Late last week, Buccaneer Energy announced that “all outstanding approvals and permits have been granted” for the company’s drilling operations…

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