Senator Begich Wants To Create Another Bureaucracy for Arctic Oil and Gas

6-28-09.  ADN Editorial.  U.S. Sen. Mark Begich (NGP Photo-l) wants to give Alaska's Arctic residents a formal way to offer their advice and perspective on decisions affecting the region. ... His idea (PDF Of Last Week's Draft Here) is modeled on the successful citizens' advisory council set up in the early 1990s for Prince William Sound after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. That council is a well-funded watchdog, keeping an eye on the oil pipeline and tanker operations to help avoid a repeat disaster.  Ideally, the Arctic citizens' council would [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:07:17-09:00June 29th, 2009|Uncategorized|0 Comments

July 22, 2009 News and Comment

6-22-09.  Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner.  The new alliance between ExxonMobil Corp. and TransCanada Corp. on a North Slope natural gas pipeline announced June 11 is a potential game-changer that has set up a real race between the new team and the rival Denali pipeline consortium owned by BP and ConocoPhillips.  ...  TransCanada Vice President Tony Palmer (NGP Photo-r, 9-08) said in briefings June 11 that he will be the chairman of the management committee for the project and a senior ExxonMobil manager will be in charge of day-to-day [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:03:42-09:00June 22nd, 2009|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Stacked Trans Alaska Pipeline Oil Pipe

The author snapped this picture of 48" oil pipe stacked --too long--at Prudhoe Bay in 1975. Alaska leaders supported passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which helped guide Congress (i.e. By the one Senate vote of Vice President Agnew) to approve the project a half decade later. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was completed and the economies of Alaska and the U.S. were significantly strengthened. Caribou presence and wildlife protection in the area, perhaps contrary to popular myth, have improved as well. But with oil production from [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:10:07-09:00June 22nd, 2009|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Sarah Palin 5-12-09

Photo of Sarah Palin taken on 5/12/09. Note: 1.  This photo is for sale and must be purchased to be used.  This sale constitutes our approval for one time North American Rights publication in any media format. 2.  Northern Gas Pipelines provides free use for many photos but free use means that the user must provide attribution: "Courtesy of Dave Harbour, www.northerngaspipelines.com".  If a user of our photos does not either contact us for permission, provide attribution or pay when specified herein, immediate legal action will be taken to protect our [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:07:16-09:00June 20th, 2009|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Our Historical Links

-See our employment links here- Gas Pipeline Links 1.  Those who formerly or currently link to our Archives web page (Scroll down to Web Links Section) 2.  New links to this web: Arctic Power...and our former ANWR page /Dan Dickinson, CPA,  3.  Companies: General Archives, Lower 48 Gas Transmission Archives, .... 4.  State - Provincial: General Archives, Alaska Legislature Archives, .... 5.  Federal - U.S.: Archives, .... 6.  Federal - Canada: Archives, .... 7.  Media, Archives: TheAlaskaStandard.Com, Dave Stieren Show (KFQD) and Facebook 8.  Labor, Archives: .... 9.  Employment           [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:06:35-09:00June 20th, 2009|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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