...adding throughput to TAPS are within existing fields, but these are the kinds of investments being discouraged by the state tax law," Crockett said. Repsol's manager, Hardham, said its aggressive exploration this year is motivated mainly by...

...receive absolutely nothing from the development of Pebble. Federal tax laws are still mired in the 1800s. And as far as state tax laws, oil companies pay about 20 percent of overall value to the state, mineral extraction companies pay less than 1 percent...

...companies told state legislators in hearings. Gov. Sean Parnell has introduced legislation that would modify the state tax law, called Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share, or ACES. Hearings have been under way in the Resources Committee of...