SPARTAN 151 RIG, COOK INLET — Deep below the ocean floor outside Anchorage this spring, a huge drill bit chewed through multi-million-year-old sandstone, sending crushed bits of rock back to the ...

After completing a court-ordered environmental study, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said no changes are needed for ...

Conservation groups and a tribal government have sued to overturn a permit that allows a mining company to build a road and expand an airstrip at a site important to endangered whales. At issue is the ...

Low clouds hang over Cook Inlet north of Anchor Point on Oct. 23, 2025. The Trump administration is planning an oil and gas lease sale in federal territory of the inlet. It is set to be the first of ...

The feared energy crisis in Anchorage offers a lesson in the downsides of relying on fossil fuels. The feared energy crisis in Anchorage offers a lesson in the downsides of relying on fossil fuels. A ...

Alaska regulators have assessed a $49,000 fine against Hilcorp for lapses in Cook Inlet offshore well management. The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission said on Monday that Hilcorp, the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Several groups and an Alaska resident filed suit today to protect endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales and the Johnson River, which flows through Lake Clark National Park before ...

The Trump administration on Monday outlined its plans to auction 1 million acres of federal offshore territory in what it has called the “Big Beautiful Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale.” The lease ...

COOK INLET, Alaska — For almost as long as it has been a state, Alaska has been powered by the natural gas buried beneath Cook Inlet, an estuary on its southern coast. The gas used to be so plentiful ...

Officials expect that, in the next several years, they may not have enough of the fuel to keep all the lights on in Anchorage COOK INLET, Alaska — For almost as long as it has been a state, Alaska has ...