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Below is last night's report on the Fairbanks LNG project briefing and here is the link to Tuesday's meeting in Anchorage.  -dh

Alaska LNG Project, Steve Butt, ExxonMobil, Photo by Dave HarbourFairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton.  The man in charge of the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas Project—the oft-called "landmark" project to commercialize North Slope natural gas for in-state and export—is careful about how he talks about the multi-billion project.

First and foremost, Project Manager Steve Butt (NGP Photo) wants people to know that it's not a pipeline project, like natural gas projects before, but a fully integrated system that includes just about everything on either side of the 800-mile pipeline.

"This isn't a pipeline project, it's a LNG project," he said Thursday at the News-Miner prior to a town hall meeting at Wedgewood Resort later in the evening. "It's much more than a pipeline. The 800-mile pipeline is a super important part, but it's only a part."