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605 moreDropdown.classList.add(CONFIG.CLASS.HIDDEN); 606 607 // Only apply overflow logic on desktop 608 if (window.innerWidth <= CONFIG.BREAKPOINT) return; 609 610 const containerWidth = mainMenu.parentElement.offsetWidth; 611 const items = Array.from(mainMenu.children).filter(li => li !== moreDropdown); 612 613 let usedWidth = 0; 614 let overflowIndex = -1; // BEFORE 11-19-2025: -1 615 616 // Find overflow point 617 for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) { 618 usedWidth += items[i].offsetWidth; 619 620 if (usedWidth > containerWidth - CONFIG.RESERVED_SPACE) { 621 overflowIndex = i; // BEFORE 11-19-2025: i - 1 622 break; 623 } 624 } 625 626 // Move overflowing items to More... 627 if (overflowIndex >= 0) { 628 for (let i = items.length - 1; i >= overflowIndex; i--) { 629 const item = items[i]; 630 631 // Skip protected items 632 if (item.classList.contains(CONFIG.CLASS.PROTECTED)) continue; 633 634 prepareItemForMore(item); 635 moreMenu.insertBefore(item, moreMenu.firstChild); 636 } 637 638 if (moreMenu.children.length > 0) { 639 moreDropdown.classList.remove(CONFIG.CLASS.HIDDEN); 640 setupNestedDropdowns(); 641 } 642 } 643 } 644 645 /** 646 * Debounced resize handler 647 */ 648 function handleResize() { 649 clearTimeout(resizeTimer); 650 resizeTimer = setTimeout(adjustMenu, CONFIG.DEBOUNCE_DELAY); 651 } 652 653 /** 654 * Setup event listeners 655 */ 656 function setupEventListeners() { 657 window.addEventListener('resize', handleResize); 658 } 659 660 /** 661 * Cleanup function for proper teardown 662 */ 663 function destroy() { 664 window.removeEventListener('resize', handleResize); 665 clearTimeout(resizeTimer); 666 } 667 668 /** 669 * Check if dynamic menu is enabled via global variable 670 */ 671 function shouldInitialize() { 672 return typeof dynamicMenu !== 'undefined' && dynamicMenu === true; 673 } 674 675 /** 676 // Initialize when DOM is ready 677 if (document.readyState === 'loading') { 678 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', init); 679 } else { 680 init(); 681 } 682 */ 683 684 /* ADDED 12-4-2025 */ 685 if (window.innerWidth > CONFIG.BREAKPOINT){ 686 init(); 687 } else { 688 showNavbar(); 689 } 690 691 // Listen for resize 692 window.addEventListener('resize', () => { 693 if (!hasInitialized && window.innerWidth > CONFIG.BREAKPOINT) { 694 init(); // run once when crossing above breakpoint 695 } 696 }); 697 698})(); 699</script>
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The company said its process to identify a farm-out partner began in March. "Advanced farm-out discussions continue with ten parties currently active in the data room at various stages of evaluation and negotiation." Pantheon...</span></p> 925</li> 926<li><figure><a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/geoalaska-drilling/50378.html" aria-label="Story Thumbnail: GeoAlaska drilling"><img src="/IMG/Pplgoq9tgpq1thkajqu021vPnHyn3/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/7/8/50378/s_topXEXT1557x33952is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="" loading="lazy"></a></figure> 927<a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/geoalaska-drilling/50378.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">GeoAlaska drilling</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Kay Cashman,</strong> Publisher</span></h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>The U.S. Department of Energy said Sept. 21 that its Office of Geothermal is supporting 21 projects to conduct field-scale tests of enhanced geothermal systems, EGS, technologies and exploration drilling to characterize and potentially confirm promising EGS and hydrothermal resources. Together, these efforts will help reduce technical and development risks and provide data to help support future commercial projects and investment. Sixteen of the projects are working on exploration drilling to...</span></p> 928</li> 929<li><figure><a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/this-month-in-history-2006-brooks-range-may-drill-3rd-slope-well/50385.html" aria-label="Story Thumbnail: THIS MONTH IN HISTORY 2006 - Brooks Range may drill 3rd Slope well"><img src="/IMG/Xxei3nDqXmmEnbmFdvjyv32TnG-5x/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/8/5/50385/s_topXEXT1557x33942is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="" loading="lazy"></a></figure> 930<a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/this-month-in-history-2006-brooks-range-may-drill-3rd-slope-well/50385.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">THIS MONTH IN HISTORY 2006 - Brooks Range may drill 3rd Slope well</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Alan Bailey,</strong> Contributing Writer</span></h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>TG World Energy, a joint venture partner with Brooks Range Petroleum and Ramshorn Investments in Brooks Range-operated leases on Alaska's North Slope, says the joint venture now hopes to drill a third exploration well in the 2006-07 winter drilling season. Brooks Range has previously said the partners would drill two wells in the winter season in the Gwydyr Bay area, north of the Prudhoe Bay unit. The mention of the third well came as part of a September 2006 TG World announcement about its...</span></p> 931</li> 932<li><figure><a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/arctic-sea-ice-extent-reaches-26-minimum/50386.html" aria-label="Story Thumbnail: Arctic sea ice extent reaches '26 minimum"><img src="/IMG/Hhasyv1bohrEr1Wdfpsvs6tmvEyn2/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/8/6/50386/cropped_192x133XEXT1670x36241is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="" loading="lazy"></a></figure> 933<a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/arctic-sea-ice-extent-reaches-26-minimum/50386.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">Arctic sea ice extent reaches '26 minimum</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Petroleum News</strong></span></h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>The National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado Boulder said Sept. 23 that Arctic sea ice likely reached its minimum extent for 2026 at 1.78 million square miles on Sept. 12. This minimum ties for the 10th lowest extent in the nearly 48-year satellite record, NSIDC said, tied with 2008, 2010 and 2025, with the last 20 years the lowest 20 Arctic sea ice extents in the satellite record. "This year's minimum is yet another low extent in a changed Arctic," said senior scientist...</span></p> 934</li> 935<li><figure><a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/this-month-in-history-2006-anadarko-approves-pilot-wells/50384.html" aria-label="Story Thumbnail: THIS MONTH IN HISTORY 2006 - Anadarko approves pilot wells"><img src="/IMG/XxTg1lHknqTNbprPouq-r4gT11226/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/8/4/50384/s_topXEXT1557x33948is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="" loading="lazy"></a></figure> 936<a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/this-month-in-history-2006-anadarko-approves-pilot-wells/50384.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">THIS MONTH IN HISTORY 2006 - Anadarko approves pilot wells</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Kay Cashman,</strong> Publisher</span></h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>Editor's note: This story first appeared in the Sept. 10, 2006, issue of Petroleum News. Any concerns state officials have had about the acquisition of Kerr-McGee by Anadarko Petroleum slowing down plans for development of the North Slope Nikaitchuq prospect should be alleviated by Anadarko's decision to proceed with a planned pilot program this winter. "We're moving forward with the winter drilling program as originally planned by Kerr-McGee," Anadarko's Alaska spokesman Mark Hanley told...</span></p> 937</li> 938<li><figure><a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/sign-in-to-read-the-latest-edition-of-petroleum-news/50387.html" aria-label="Story Thumbnail: Sign in to read the latest edition of Petroleum News!"><img src="/IMG/Nnekxq-ufkV7pdcaxyj6t7yT0G_0i/XPATH/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/8/7/50387/cropped_192x133XEXT1670x36258is.jpg" width="192" height="133" class="hover-img" alt="" loading="lazy"></a></figure> 939<a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/news/sign-in-to-read-the-latest-edition-of-petroleum-news/50387.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">Sign in to read the latest edition of Petroleum News!</h3></a><h4 class=""></h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>Make sure you are signed in and click the red adobe logo on the right to view the latest edition of Petroleum...</span></p> 940</li> 941</ul></div> 942 943<div class="js_ad_inserted ad_local_lghoriz" data-mobile-ad1="ad_type_square" data-mobile-ad2="" data-desktop-ad1="" data-desktop-ad2=""></div><div class='news-breaking-info storylayout1'> 944<div class='style-head my_style_head'> 945<h2><a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/section/finance">Finance</a></h2></div><ul class="sm-bx"><li class="nopic20"> 946<a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/finance/august-oil-jobs-up-from-25-same-as-july/50383.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">August oil jobs up from '25, same as July</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Petroleum News</strong></span></h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development jobs for August, released Sept. 18, show the state has 900 fewer jobs than in August 2025, with 800 new jobs in the private sector offset by 1,700 fewer public sector jobs. There were 9,600 jobs in the oil and gas sector in August, unchanged from July and up 600 from 9,000 in August 2025. The department said the biggest year-over-year job gains were in the transportation, warehousing and utilities sector, which added 1,300 for the year, followed by the 600-job gain in oil and gas, a gain of...</span></p> 947</li> 948</ul></div> 949 950<div class="js_ad_inserted ad_local_lghoriz" data-mobile-ad1="ad_type_square" data-mobile-ad2="" data-desktop-ad1="" data-desktop-ad2=""></div><div class='news-breaking-info storylayout1'> 951<div class='style-head my_style_head'> 952<h2><a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/section/oil_patch_bits">Oil Patch Bits</a></h2></div><ul class="sm-bx"><li class="nopic20"> 953<a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/oil-patch-bits/oil-patch-bits-anchorage-company-hosts-tundra-travel-training/50388.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">Oil Patch Bits - Anchorage company hosts Tundra Travel Training</h3></a><h4 class=""></h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>A one-day Anchorage training will bring practical tundra ecology educa-tion to operators, consultants, field teams, and managers preparing for winter work. beadedstream will host Ecological Training for Tundra Travel on Oct. 8, bringing together North Slope operators, contractors, consultants, project managers, and field professionals for a hands-on day of practical tundra ecology education. Presented by ABR Inc. â Environmental Research & Services and host-ed by beadedstream, the course is designed to help participants better un-derstand...</span></p> 954</li> 955</ul></div> 956 957<div class="js_ad_inserted ad_local_lghoriz" data-mobile-ad1="ad_type_square" data-mobile-ad2="" data-desktop-ad1="" data-desktop-ad2=""></div><div class='news-breaking-info storylayout1'> 958<div class='style-head my_style_head'> 959<h2><a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/section/land_and_leasing">Land & Leasing</a></h2></div><ul class="sm-bx"><li class="nopic20"> 960<a href="https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/09/27/land-and-leasing/state-denies-donkel-request-for-three-lease-expansion-of-gptu/50380.html"><h3 style="padding-top:0;">State denies Donkel request for three-lease expansion of GPTU</h3></a><h4 class=""><span><strong>Kristen Nelson</strong></span></h4><p class="crop-text-3"><span>The Alaska Department of Natural Resourcesâ Division of Oil and Gas has turned down a Feb. 27 application from Donkel Oil and Gas to expand the Greater Point Thomson unit. The unit was approved June 25, 2025. The division approved a revised GPTU on Jan. 8, expanding the unit from 35,122 acres to 49,562 acres. In the February expansion application, Donkel Oil and Gas, the unit operator, requested the addition of three leases. In the divisionâs Sept. 18 decision, Director Haley Paine said the three leases had expired, with the final...</sp
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