Well after years of drilling exploratory wells and doing seismic work all over the flats, it seems that they are finely starting to drill for gas in the Tanana Valley Flats where gas reserves should be pretty sizable.
When I was a kid, my dad worked for one of the oil companies that did drilling in the area in the late 60's and early 70's. The data they had showed a large gas and oil deposit in that area, but they didn't do anything with it. A few years ago, another company did seismic work in the area and now they appear to be drilling for real.
They put an ice road across the Nenana River and are hauling gravel for the drilling pad and so forth. The gas would run up the Alaska RR right of way and to Fairbanks which would lower the O2 emissions from all the oil heat since gas is cleaner and cheaper. Which has been a long time in coming!
There is also some that don't want to develop the gas so it may still be an No Go too.
But today I drove out across the river and took some photos.
Will do some updates as I run across them...
Ice bridge across the Nenana River
Trucks hauling gravel for the drilling pad and new road.
Looking down the new road.
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Drilling for gas on the Tanana Valley Flats
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