5-16-13
Fairbanks News Miner. Congressman Don Young (NGP Photo) has filed legislation that would toss out the recently completed management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. ... The bill, HR1964, would nullify a plan adopted by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management in February, Young said. The plan administratively withdrew about half the reserve from oil and gas leasing. (See more on this story below.) Alaska Dispatch by Pat Forgey. "We're in a process of evaluating how we want to adjust the capital program," says Matt Fox, ConocoPhillip's executive [...]
