State investigation confirms oil company wasted four months of natural gas on North Slope

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: January 28, 2026

Words: 446

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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The state agency that protects Alaska’s state-owned oil and gas from waste confirmed Friday that a small North Slope company deliberately burned off state-owned natural gas for almost four months because reinjecting the gas was inconvenient for the company.

In a starkly written order, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission confirmed a $313,616 fine against Cook Inlet Energy and implied that the firm misled regulators about the reasons for flaring gas from the …

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