Eye on the Arctic.  Delegates from eight circumpolar countries met in Whitehorse this week for Pedro Van Meurs by Dave Harbour, Alaska Oil Taxesaconference on Arctic search and rescue co-operation.

News Miner by Dermot Cole.  The report from international oil industry analyst Pedro Van Meurs (NGP Photo) is a dense and complicated document, but that shouldn’t stop our legislators and the leaders of the Parnell administration from reading it.

AOL Energy (10/10/11) reports: When it comes to superlative descriptions of oil and gas reserves, the Utica Shale may be in a class of its own… 

Politico (10/7/11) reports: A prominent 2008 Barack Obama fundraiser who held a key role in the Energy Department played an active part in Solyndra’s $535 million loan guarantee despite conflict of interest concerns over his wife’s work at a law firm that also represented the California solar company, according to internal Obama administration emails released Friday…Steve Spinner’s involvement …

Wall Street Journal (10/10/11) reports: Santos Ltd. (STO.AU) said Monday that oil production has begun at the US$800 million Chim Sao project offshore southern Vietnam. It said the project, operated by joint venture partner Premier Oil PLC. (PMO.LN), was completed on time and under budget…