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NOTICE OF PIPELINE APPLICATION NOTICE OF PIPELINE APPLICATION The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on June 29, 2026, Cook Inlet Energy, LLC (CIE)[...]

NOTICE OF PIPELINE APPLICATION

NOTICE OF PIPELINE APPLICATION

The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on June 29, 2026, Cook Inlet Energy, LLC (CIE) and APA Alaska LLC (Apache) (collectively, Applicants) jointly filed an application seeking approval to transfer CIE's ownership interest in Nutaaq Pipeline, LLC (Nutaaq) to Apache. The Applicants filed a motion for expedited consideration for the application by October 30, 2026. Docket P-26-010 was opened to address this matter.

Nutaaq holds Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (Certificate) No. 524, for the transportation of crude oil on the Badami Oil Pipeline, and Certificate No. 525 for the transportation of gas and products on the Badami Gas Pipeline. If the transfer application is approved, Apache will become the sole owner of Savant Alaska, LLC, which in turn wholly owns Nutaaq.

In conjunction with the application, Apache filed a motion for waiver of the requirement in 3 AAC 48.625(a)(7)(B) to provide its audited financial statements for the two most recent fiscal years preceding the date of the application. Interested persons may file a response to the waiver request with the Commission by the end of the comment period.

The Commission has not yet assessed the completeness of the application and ruled on the waiver request. The Commission will rule on the request for waiver and determine whether the application is complete by August 21, 2026.

You may obtain information about the application by contacting Tina M. Grovier, Stoel Rives, LLP, 510 L Street, Suite 500, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 263-8424. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office, 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501; phone 907-276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission's website, http://rca.alaska.gov/ by typing "P-26-010" in the Find a Matter search box.

To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., July 22, 2026, at the Commission's address above or via our website at:

https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx

Please reference Docket P-26-010 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with the Applicants at the address given above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communications formats, please contact Shelby Lopez at 907-276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1-800-770-8973, or send a request by email to [email protected] by July 15, 2026.

Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 1st day of July 2026.

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA

John M. Espindola

Chair

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