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On the lookout for Cook Inlet’s belugas
Cook Inlet’s belugas will be the target of a different kind of hunt this weekend.
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Beluga food sources shifted from marine to freshwater over past 50 years
Over the past fifty years Cook Inlet’s endangered beluga whales have changed their feeding habits, eating less prey…
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Hilcorp plans $285 million Alaska investment in 2018
Hilcorp is planning to spend about $285 million in Alaska during 2018, the oil and gas company’s Operations…
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CIRCAC studying pipeline leaks
After 2017 began with a natural gas leak in Cook Inlet, local spill prevention experts are preparing a…
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Data shows Prince William Sound pink salmon in Homer streams
The wash of pink salmon that showed up in streams across Lower Cook Inlet this year weren’t all…
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Furie defers 2017 drilling for want of tax credit payment
Cook Inlet gas producer Furie Operating Alaska is blaming its scuttled 2017 drilling season on a technical problem…
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Once Tesoro, now Andeavor
The refinery in Nikiski that turns Cook Inlet’s oil output into gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and propane won’t…
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Drilling fluid released from Hilcorp platform
Two gallons of oil-based drilling fluid spilled into Cook Inlet during a drilling operation aboard Hilcorp’s Steelhead Platform…
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Hilcorp details plans for cross-inlet oil pipeline
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct the type of vessel that presently carries oil across…
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Oil workers celebrate 60 years of Swanson River
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct the name of Bobbi O’Neill, originally referred to by…
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No oil and gas damage reported after earthquake
The epicenter of Monday’s brief 5.3 magnitude earthquake was in west Cook Inlet’s Trading Bay, according to the…
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Cook Inletkeeper scientist will head to Antarctica
Early next year, 80 female scientists plan to set sail from Ushuaia, Argentina, for Antarctica. Among them will…
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Hilcorp’s Anna Platform restarted
Hilcorp’s Anna Platform has resumed work after having been shut down since a suspected oil release April 1.…
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Hilcorp to reduce flow in leaking gasline, halting production on two platforms
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with an estimated future leak rate as a result of the…
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Hilcorp to monitor Cook Inlet gas leak
Hilcorp plans to observe the methane release from its leaking Cook Inlet pipeline by using sensor buoys to…
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Hilcorp ordered to inspect crude pipeline near leaking gas line
Federal pipeline safety authorities have ordered Hilcorp Alaska to inspect the underwater crude oil pipeline running adjacent and…
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DEC: Hilcorp must sample and monitor underwater gas leak
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is requiring Hilcorp Energy Company to begin sampling and environmental monitoring of…
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Cook Inlet Energy fined for safety valve violations
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission — the state regulatory oversight group for the hydrocarbon industry —…
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Cook Inletkeeper adds Russian River temperature sensor
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to show that Trout Unlimited is represented on the Kenai Peninsula…
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AOOS map syncs up agencies’ beluga research
There’s a lot of research happening on Cook Inlet beluga whales at any given time. Unfortunately, a lot…