"the state SENATE, which has already approved its own Permanent Fund restructuring plan and says changing the oil tax system isn't necessary this year."   

Then when the heck will it be "necessary"?  for the illegally gerrymandered and conflicted Conoco caucus controlling our Senate to fix a fatally flawed production tax?  

SB21 is an industry-crafted production tax system that`s rigged against the state and is costing the state a total BILLION BUCKS more in cash losses and DEFICIT spending in the next fiscal year that starts in June...and losses to the state each year after that.  
When along that path will the senate "feel" like doing their jobs and fixing oil taxes/cash credits majority leader Micciche?
After you win your reelection?  That`s what I thought....
  That's why the Senate want to kick the "oil" can down the road again.  
Your protecting your employer`s best interests over the state`s by delaying a tax fix.