ANCHORAGE (KTUU) The Division of Oil and Gas, on behalf of Gov. Bill Walker, this week set a Sept. 1 deadline for BP Exploration to provide new information about plans to sell North Slope gas. The request came as the state has refused to sign off on oil companies’ 2016 development plan for Prudhoe Bay, saying that the companies must first describe how they will market and sell natural gas in addition to oil.

“As governor of Alaska, I need to know producers’ plans regarding the marketing of gas,” Walker told KTUU in an emailed statement. “As we see the very same producers announcing competing projects elsewhere around the world, it is important for us to know where Alaska stands in getting Alaska’s gas to market.”  (Full story here….)