...the Alaska Gasline Port Authority, which filed the lawsuit. BP and Exxon Mobil are two of Alaska's biggest oil and gas leaseholders, and are the operators for the North Slope's largest oil and gas fields, Prudhoe Bay and Point Thomson. Alaska's...

...session that begins Monday, Rep. Eric Croft, D-Anchorage, wants to keep eminent domain as a tool to force oil and gas leaseholders to develop Alaska's resources. Taking back leases to further oil and gas exploration and development is a public...

...Palin administration is taking back the leases. Point Thomson is not the only place the state has refused to let oil and gas leaseholders slide when they don't live up to their work commitments. The Palin administration has declared default on two...