People need to get the full story...the VECO scandal. Put in the correct context.
During the Murkowski administration, the Veco company -a representative for the oil companies- bribed a bunch of state legislators to put in place a favorable tax system (VECO also is the company that got Ted Stevens in trouble). All these indictments in AK are due to this scandal. A couple legislators were sent to federal prison. After that scandal the state had to restructure the its tax system.
Taxing oil in AK is A LOT different than Washington imposing a windfall tax for no reason. Alaskans own the natural resource per the state constitution.