Oil company still trying to control Alaska well blowout, help on the way – Alaska Dispatch, Craig Medred – A North Slope oil rig was evacuated Wednesday after a Repsol drilling contractor hit a pocket of gas that triggered a methane blowout. The venting gas sparked fears the rig could explode, but the rig was intact and Repsol was reported to be working toward control of the situation.
Alberta finance minister says politics got in the way of a good economic decision – The Register, Rob Gillies – "We all saw what happens when politics gets in the way of good economic decisions and I’m referring of course to the Keystone XL pipeline decision in the United States," Liepert said.
Federal judge refuses to wade in to ongoing dispute over Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup – The Washington Post Business – A federal judge on Wednesday refused Exxon Mobil Corp.’s request that he declare government efforts to seek additional cleanup funds related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill a violation of a consent decree.
New pipeline proposed across North Dakota – Grand Forks Herald, Stephen J. Lee – A western Colorado firm announced plans this week to build a pipeline across North Dakota from the Oil Patch past Devils Lake and Grand Forks to the big market hub near Clearbrook, Minn., by late 2013.
Wyoming lawmakers join Alaskans in satirical Central Park legislation – Anchorage Daily News – Wyoming lawmakers, impressed by a tongue-in-cheek proposal from the Alaska Legislature for a federal takeover of New York’s Central Park, are suggesting that the feds reintroduce wolves and other endangered species in Central Park.
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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