ANCHORAGE - A half mile below the ground at Prudhoe Bay, above the vast oil field that helped trigger construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline, a drill rig has tapped what might one day be the next big energy source. The U.S.
...Dakota Petroleum Council. "We'll be very happy to settle in at No. 2 for a decade or two."Steven Grape, a U.S. Energy Department petroleum engineer, said domestic daily crude production averaged 5.67 million barrels in 2011, up from 5...
...nationally, the Alaska Democratic Party has endorsed what it calls responsible oil development in the refuge. The U.S. Energy Department estimates that 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil lie beneath the refuge¹s coastal plain. If developed...
...nationally, the Alaska Democratic Party has endorsed what it calls responsible oil development in the refuge. The U.S. Energy Department estimates that 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil lie beneath the refuge¹s coastal plain. If developed...
...heating oil jumped 44 percent from $1.10 to $1.59 between the weeks of Jan. 17 and Jan. 24, according to U.S. Energy Department statistics. During the same time period, heating-oil prices in New Jersey rose 42 percent, from $1.21...
...was ending the export ban. Their legislation sailed through both chambers, speeded by strong advocacy by the U.S. Energy Department and the endorsement of the Clinton administration. Those opposed to ending the ban said they were concerned...
...the U.S. Labor Department, the Small Business Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Energy Department, among others. Alaska economists and environmental experts said it makes sense the two are linked but disputed...
...heating oil jumped 44 percent from $1.10 to $1.59 between the weeks of Jan. 17 and Jan. 24, according to U.S. Energy Department statistics. During the same time period, heating-oil prices in New Jersey rose 42 percent, from $1.21...
...issues at The Associated Press analyzed state-by-state emissions of carbon dioxide from 2003, the latest U.S. Energy Department numbers available. The review shows startling differences in states' contribution to climate change. The biggest...
...operating just in case. ``There's not going to be a Y2K problem at Bilibino,'' said Tye Blackburn, a U.S. Energy Department official who inspected the plant in October. Alaska has been concerned about nuclear plants in the former Soviet...
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