Senator Hollis French – Alaska Legislature – Press Release 1/05/12 – BP Withholds Oil Pipeline Evidence, Credibility in Oil Tax Debate Questioned –
"BP got caught in a vice. On the one hand – in state court – it wanted to argue that the pipeline would shut down at 300,000 barrels per day, because the higher the number, the lower their property taxes. But on the other hand – to the SEC – BP used a much lower number, 135,000 bpd, because the lower the number, the bigger their reserves on the Slope become, and the more valuable their stock is," said Senator French.
Vancouver Sun: Vivian Krause – Foreign funding skews oil debate
The problem that I see with the foreign funding is that it is skewing the public debate because the American foundations are playing favourites, supporting only the Canadians whose position aligns with American interests.
Winnipeg Free Press: Lauren Krugel – LNG option better than Alberta route for Alaska pipeline, consultant says
CALGARY – Shipping Alaska natural gas overseas in liquid form would be more lucrative than feeding it into the North American market, but it’s not necessarily what the company proposing to build an Alaska pipeline wants, an energy consultant said Friday.
Petroleum News: Kay Cashman – Week of Jan 8, 2012 – Oil Patch Insider: Much ado about LNG, Point Thompson at Jan 5 meeting with BP, Conoco, Exxon chiefs
Although there was no alignment on LNG announced at the event, it was the first time since the passage of the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act that the three gas owners publicly admitted they were taking a close look at moving North Slope gas to tidewater in Southcentral Alaska for export as LNG to Asia.
Dave Harbour, publisher of Northern Gas Pipelines, is a former Chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, a Commissioner Emeritus of NARUC, NARUC's Official Representative to IOGCC and Vice Chairman of NARUC's Gas Committee. He served as Gas Committee Chairman of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners. He also served as commissioner of the Anchorage Bicentennial Commission and the Anchorage Heritage Land Bank Commission.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree: English, at Colorado State University, a Master of Science Degree: Communications-Journalism at Murray State University and graduated from Utility Regulatory School for Commissioners at Michigan State University. He served as a Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs at Alaska Pacific University, taught bank marketing classes at the University of Alaska and was an English teacher at Los Alamos High School.
Harbour served in ranks of Private - Captain during a 4-year assignment with the Army in Korea, Idaho, Georgia and Fort Meade and received the Meritorious Service Medal among other commendations.
Harbour is also a past Chairman of the Alaska Council on Economic Education, the Alaska Oil & Gas Association Government Affairs Committee, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the Export Council of Alaska and the Department of Commerce's District Export Council. He is a past President of the Alaska Press Club, American Bald Eagle Foundation, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska and Common Sense for Alaska.
Harbour was instrumental in founding the American Bald Eagle Research Institute (UAS), the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, the Downtown Anchorage Business Partnership, and Arctic Power.
He also served as CEO of several small Alaska organizations, including the Anchorage Parking Authority and Action Security, Inc. Harbour is also Chairman Emeritus of the Alaska Oil & Gas Congress.
Harbour's wife, Nancy, is a professional, performing arts administrator and his three boys, Todd, Benjamin and William work in the fields of environmental management, energy marketing and medicine.
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