WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), today celebrated an announcement from Santos and Repsol that first oil has been produced at the Pikka development on Alaska's North Slope.
"The Pikka project, Alaska's largest oil development in more than 20 years, is over a decade in the making," said Sen. Sullivan. "I had the honor of approving the exploration well when I served as Alaska's DNR Commissioner and as we were marshaling new companies from around the world, large and small, to come and invest in our great state. We worked relentlessly to make our permitting system more efficient, and ensured companies were abid...