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IHS Markit: Alaska North Slope a super basin ready for resurgence; production to grow 40% in 8 years

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Based on recent discoveries, the IHS Markit Plays and Basins: Alaska North Slope (ANS) Basin; Resurgence in an Arrested, Late-emerging Super Basin analysis estimates that the ANS Basin offers 38 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) in remaining recoverable resources (50 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas, and 28 billion barrels of oil).

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Obama Administration recommends designating most of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness

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Wilderness” (with a capital “W”) refers to designated Wilderness areas, with accompanying restrictions.) million acres of land and water in northeastern Alaska and is administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) as a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System). The FWS’ preferred alternative recommends an additional 12.28

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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They are looking at cutting the nation’s greenhouse gas output by targeting, in separate ways, three major sources of emissions: electric utilities, transportation and industry. states are already actively participating in the design and implementation of three regional cap-and-trade programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Three Democrats Support Sen. Murkowskis Effort to Derail EPA GHG Regulation

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Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced a “disapproval resolution” to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Murkowski had introduced an amendment last fall that would have stopped for one-year any EPA greenhouse gas regulations on stationary sources.

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USGS assessment finds mean CO2 storage potential of 3,000 gigatonnes in US

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Two other regions with significant storage capacity include the Alaska region and the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains region. The most common method of geologic carbon storage involves pressurizing CO 2 gas into a liquid, and then injecting it into subsurface rock layers for long-term storage.

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7 airlines sign letters of intent to negotiate purchase of biomass-derived jet fuel from Solena Fuels; up to 16M gallons of fuel per year

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The core of Solena’s three-step solution is its patented Solena Plasma Gasification (SPG) technology, which is capable of producing a synthetic fuel gas (BioSynGas) from the thermal conversion of bio-based hydrocarbons. The third step upgrades the FT products into jet fuel. —Air Transport Association (ATA) president and CEO Nicholas E.

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‘The Plane Is Fine’: An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies

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5, a door plug — a door-sized panel on the side of an aircraft — blew off the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines jet as it made its ascent, depressurizing the cabin and exposing passengers to open air thousands of feet above ground. The plane has sufficient stores of fuel and will not suddenly run out of gas. For instance: On Jan.

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