- FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A company has ended talks on a plan to truck liquid natural gas to the Fairbanks area. Flint Hills Resources Alaska said Tuesday that its decision to end discussions on a trucking plan was partly motivated by lowered energy costs at its North Pole Refinery. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the refinery has taken steps in the past year to reduce its energy consumption. Those steps included installation of a new heat-recovery system at the facility and the shutting down of one of its refinery units. Flint Hills spokesman Jeff Cook says the lower costs made a planned North Slope natural gas trucking partnership between Flint Hills and Golden Valley Electric Association less of a necessity. GVEA says it will pursue a trucking plan without Flint Hills.