...five injection wells, Foley said, and plans similar numbers of fracture jobs over the next four to five years. Great Bear Petroleum, another independent, plans large-scale fracturing to test flow rates in test wells the company has drilled...

...because of economic and infrastructure considerations, according to the agency. That could change soon. In 2010, Great Bear Petroleum LLC leased 500,000 acres that straddle the trans-Alaska pipeline corridor, and the company has said it will...

...North Slope shale oil play, an official in the state Division of Oil and Gas says. Alaska-based independent Great Bear Petroleum and Halliburton are working in a partnership to test the production potential of a large shale formation south...

...Geological Society Sept. 22 on what the state now knows about the resource. All of this started last year when Great Bear Petroleum, a Texas-based independent company, acquired more than 500,000 acres of unleased state land in a state North...

...independents, have encountered difficulties getting rigs, according to industry sources. Another explorer, Great Bear Petroleum, also encountered problems but its president, Ed Duncan, said the company has located a rig it can move to Alaska...

...from shale oil drilling in the Lower 48 to develop and extract oil from low-quality reservoirs. A new company, Great Bear Petroleum, plans to test a concept of drilling and producing oil directly from the source rocks that were the origin of...