Alaska Light Oil 
Plug in America
AUGUST 4, 2025
Elimination of monetary penalties for the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards CAFE standards were passed by Congress in 1975 to address the oil crisis by requiring vehicles to be more efficient. Removing incentives to electrify this massive fleet slows EV adoption and makes the government more reliant on oil and gas.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Anyone whos lived in the Upper Midwest, Alaska, or other frigid winter climates knows you need to be prepared for winters worst if youre headed out. If you have auxiliary lights, LEDs have the tendency to ice over quicker than hot halogens. Many manufacturers sell colored lenses for aftermarket lights.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 8, 2016
Caelus Energy Alaska, LLC, a privately held independent exploration and production company, announced that its subsidiary, Caelus Energy Alaska Smith Bay LLC, has made a significant light oil discovery on its Smith Bay state leases on the North Slope of Alaska. We’re proof that the credit programs work.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
Map of Arctic Alaska Province (outlined in black) showing boundaries of the platform and fold-and-thrust belt assessment units in red. Arctic Alaska Province. The Arctic Alaska Petroleum Province encompasses all lands and adjacent continental shelf areas (i.e., Source: USGS. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
Rosneft announced a major oil discovery at the East-Prinovozemelskiy-1 license area in the Kara Sea, following the successful completion of the drilling of the northernmost well in the world—the Universitetskaya-1 well. I can inform you about the discovery of the first oil/gas-condensate field in the new Kara sea oil province.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 13, 2017
billion barrels of recoverable light oil in the Nanushuk play in Alaska’s North Slope. The contingent resources identified with the existing data in Repsol and Armstrong Energy’s blocks in the Nanushuk play in Alaska could amount to approximately 1.2 of net oil pay in several reservoir zones in the Nanushuk section.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2015
Shale oil production generates greenhouse gas emissions at levels similar to conventional crude oil production, according to a pair of new studies released by the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. These are shale formations with low permeability and must be hydraulically fractured to produce oil and gas.
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