This is all a PR scam to bolster the future of their tax-free SB21 scam. Hell they spent THAT much (18 million..) fighting the SB21 repeal effort alone!!!!!   
We shouldn`t be so quick  to be further extorted with SB21 folks.  Fix SB21 then we`ll see if "profit is it`s own reward" and if the private sector is truly, private.  It`s not private. when billions in subsidies are demanded from the owners of the oil. That`s called socializing the costs while privatizing the profits. That`s their game in Alaska folks.  From the same bunch who brought us the LIO debacle...... Hawker, Micciche and Kelly, and Giessel and "Goldie" McKinnon, and others...https://www.adn.com/politics/article/series-conoco-employees-help-ease-oil-tax-bill-through-legislature/2013/03/28/