Lawmakers press on North Slope marketing request

North Slope drill rigs, Dec. 5, 2012. (Creative Commons photo by Kevan Dee)
At a Senate Resource Committee meeting on Tuesday, lawmakers pressed state officials about why the administration is trying to obtain gas marketing information from North Slope oil and gas producers. Governor Bill Walker has yet to sign off on the oil companies’ 2016 development plan for Prudhoe Bay.
Corri Feige, the Director of Alaska’s Division of Oil and Gas, acknowledged it was a new policy. But says it&r