ALASKAN CRUDE CORP. v. STATE

No. S-14148.

309 P.3d 1249 (2013)

ALASKAN CRUDE CORPORATION and James W. White, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, ALASKA OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Gardner , Shortell Gardner LLC, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Thomas A. Ballantine , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, WINFREE, STOWERS, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

MAASSEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Alaskan Crude Corporation submitted an application to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to reopen the Burglin 33-1 well, a suspended well on the North Slope, to explore for oil and gas. Arguing that it was highly unlikely that oil from the well would rise to the surface unassisted, Alaskan Crude made a series of requests to the Commission to be exempted from oil discharge response requirements...

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