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Drift River dismantling may start in early 2019
With oil expected to begin flowing in September through a reconfigured pipeline system connecting fields on the west…
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Hilcorp sole bidder for Cook Inlet hydrocarbon leases
Cook Inlet’s largest oil and gas extractor, Houston, Texas-based Hilcorp, will be leasing an additional 16,636 acres of…
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Hildebrand steps down as Hilcorp CEO
Hilcorp’s founder and CEO Jeff Hildebrand has stepped down from his leadership role. Hildebrand, who founded the Houston,…
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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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Comment period nearing end for first Hilcorp North Slope development
Hilcorp project manager Mike Dunn solicited support for his company’s Liberty project — which would drill wells from…
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Hilcorp subleases Kenai airport hangar
Hilcorp will be using a hangar on the Kenai Municipal Airport for flights to its facilities on the…
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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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Pipeline may come to Ladd Landing; coal terminal won’t
After its May decision to stop seeking permits, Delaware-based PacRim Coal is giving up what had been a…
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Hilcorp plans new pad and well near Ninilchik
Oil and gas company Hilcorp Alaska plans to lay a new gravel pad and drill a new well…
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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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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 gas leak found, oil source still being investigated
Last weekend contracted dive crews from Homer visited Hilcorp’s underwater fuel gas pipeline in Cook Inlet’s Middle Ground…
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Responders stand down from oil leak
Responders to an oil release from a Hilcorp crude oil pipeline on the west side of Upper Cook…
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Hilcorp platform leaking oil into Cook Inlet
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include a statement from Gov. Bill Walker. It has also…
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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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Pipeline rate settlement helps decrease HEA bills
Edit: This story has been updated with additional information on Kenai Beluga Pipeline’s 2015 traffic. A settlement in…
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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…