Alaska Oil Spending Flat – Mackenzie Gas Needs Push From Ottawa

ADN by (AP) Becky Bohrer.  BP PLC has joined Conoco Phillips in saying it expects its capital investment in the state to be flat this year. Financial Post by (Reuters) Oil companies behind a $16.2-billion plan to build a gas pipeline from the Canadian Arctic expect to restart talks with Ottawa shortly over financial support in hopes of striking a deal by mid-year, the head of one of the partners said on Wednesday.  The players have scheduled a conference call for next week to hammer out a timetable for the discussions, [...]