8-17-16 Who Wants To Invest In Cook Inlet?

Those interested in gas supply for Alaska’s largest population center will want to note our commentary on this subject, 2012. We would also observe that the Administration’s desire to supply gas to Fairbanks from what may well be a dwindling Cook Inlet supply, could endanger gas ratepayers in both Fairbanks and Southcentral Alaska. -dh

Alex DeMarban NGP File Photo, by Dave Harbour

Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban. For the past decade, a lack of industry interest has prompted the federal government to cancel several proposed lease sales in Cook Inlet.

But the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is considering another sale for federal waters in the region, for June 2017.

The proposal stems from interest in a lease sale expressed by at least two companies in 2012, officials said.

But since then, oil prices have collapsed and the state is scaling back its tax credit program for oil and gas activity. Even industry representatives now seem uncertain … (Read more here….)

About the Author: wpnorthern

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.