The same company says it has a separate agreement with Enstar to import natural gas in Nikiski.

Gwich’in and environmental opponents celebrate the results, while state officials expect the incoming Trump administration to make it easier to drill in the refuge.

With some projects in development now and a new extraction-friendly administration headed to the white house, will Alaska’s fossil fuel sector boom again?

The state of Alaska has been the biggest fan of oil and gas drilling in the refuge. It says this lease sale is designed to discourage development.

The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. won’t release the name of the company until a final agreement is reached.

The decision adds to a closure Obama created. It’s not clear Trump can reverse it without an act of Congress. The oil and gas industry is not active in the area.

A right-of-way agreement gives Nuiqsut’s city and tribal governments and Native corporation authority over 1 million acres to protect caribou habitat from oil impacts.

While gas and electric utilities will be the main drivers for addressing the issue, Anchorage officials say the city has a role to play as well.

The report says North Slope production will rise in a few years, but state oil revenue will decline through the end of the decade.

The study doesn’t promote EVs, but aims to better understand their usage in rural Alaska and clarify misconceptions about them.

But Enstar’s president warned of risks as some of the gas supply will depend on future drilling.

In its decision, the BLM limited the lease sales to 400,000 acres, which is one-quarter of the coastal plain section of the refuge.