Bill Gwozd, Vice President Gas Services of Ziff Energy has been invited to speak at the 2nd Annual Global Shale Gas Investment Summit in Hong Kong, on November 1, 2011. His presentation is entitled "North America Shale Gas Fundamentals to 2020".

US News and World Report Op-Ed by Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo-R).  The fragileDoc Hastings by Dave Harbour, ANWR, Alaska OCS, Energy economy, high unemployment, and national debt are major concerns for many Americans across the country. While President Obama is campaigning on another so-called stimulus plan that will raise taxes on American families and job creators, he’s ignoring one of the best solutions to these problems—increased American energy production through drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The United States has vast energy resources that are not currently being harnessed. One particular area with the greatest potential for new American energydevelopment is ANWR in Alaska.  For decades, both sides have argued over the costs and benefits of drilling in ANWR. However, given the advancements in technology and our current economic struggles, it’s clearly time to give ANWR energy production fresh consideration.

ADN by Becky Bohrer.  Alaska House Speaker Mike Chenault (NGP Photo-L) on Friday said he plans to introduce legislation aimed at sustaining momentum behind an in-state natural gas pipeline project.

PNA via ADN by Kay Cashman.  Halliburton, an expert in extracting oil and gas from source rock in major resource plays outside Alaska, has partnered with Great Bear. In the next year Halliburton will conduct a parallel "proof of concept" multiwell program on Great Bear’s acreage along the Dalton Highway — at the same time Great Bear is executing a similar program to the south, along the highway. In the next year, each company plans to drill as many as three vertical wells and a lateral off each of those.

Anchorage Daily Planet by Tom Brennan.  Gov. Sean Parnell raised a parcel of hackles when he suggested that North Slope producers take a new look at running the North Slope natural gas pipeline to Southcentral Alaska and selling gas to the Pacific Rim market.  That would involve liquefying the gas and shipping it to Asian ports via refrigerated tanker, a major departure from the previously proposed line through Canada. The producers are almost certainly looking at just such a project since the East Coast and Midwest markets previously targeted by the Canadian-route line are now saturated with relatively cheap gas from shale reservoirs.