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  1. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Kristen Nelson, Editor in Chief | Oct 04, 2026

    Baker Hughes US rig count up by 4 to 599 (opens the original)

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    Baker Hughes' U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 599 on Sept. 25, up by four from last week and up by 50 from 549 a year ago, the highest the count has been since May 31, 2024, when it stood at 600. The count climbed into the 590s in mid-August after being below 590 since early April 2025, increasing in seven of the last 12 weeks. For 2025, the count peaked in February and again in March at 593, hitting its low point in August at 526. For 2024, the count peaked in March at 629, hitting its low p

  2. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Kristen Nelson, Editor in Chief | Oct 04, 2026

    Division OKs Badami unit G&I plant, pit storage unit amendment (opens the original)

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    Savant Alaska LLC has received authorization from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Oil and Gas to recommission the grind and inject facility on the main pad in the Badami unit. The Sept. 29 decision approves a unit plan of operations amendment dated Sept. 2. In its unit plan of operations amendment application Savant said it is working through recommissioning requirements to get the grind and inject, G&I, plant back into operation. In its 2025 plan of development, the comp

  3. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Kristen Nelson, Editor in Chief | Oct 04, 2026

    Division of Oil and Gas releases details of 2026 fall lease sales (opens the original)

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    Details for Alaska’s upcoming fall oil and gas lease sales were released Sept. 28. The three areawide sales are Beaufort Sea, North Slope and North Slope Foothills. The Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas said bidding, through Efficient Markets at its Government Listings page at app.efficientmarkets.com/government-listings, begins Oct. 20 and ends Nov. 12. Compared to last year’s sales, a notable difference is the increase in the minimum bid amounts for both the Beaufort and

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Kristen Nelson | Sep 27, 2026

    State denies Donkel request for three-lease expansion of GPTU (opens the original)

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    The Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas has turned down a Feb. 27 application from Donkel Oil and Gas to expand the Greater Point Thomson unit. The unit was approved June 25, 2025. The division approved a revised GPTU on Jan. 8, expanding the unit from 35,122 acres to 49,562 acres. In the February expansion application, Donkel Oil and Gas, the unit operator, requested the addition of three leases. In the division’s Sept. 18 decision, Director Haley Paine said the thre

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Kristen Nelson, Editor in Chief | Sep 27, 2026

    Baker Hughes US rig count up by 4 to 595 (opens the original)

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    Baker Hughes’ U.S. rotary drilling rig count was 595 on Sept. 18 up by four from last week and up by 53 from 542 a year ago, continuing its climb into the 590s, a range it reached in mid-August and has been in for three of the last six weeks after being below 590 since early April 2025. The count has increased in seven of the last 12 weeks. For 2025, the count peaked in February and again in March at 593, hitting its low point in August at 526. For 2024, the count peaked in March at 629, hitting

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