July 1, 2009 - Northern Gas Pipelines

U.S. Senator Mark Begich and Shell Exploration EVP David Lawrence Tackle Arctic Policy Issues

See Dave Harbour's Alaska Standard Op-ed about Senator Begich's proposed ARCAC Dave Harbour’s article on ... proposed Arctic Regional Citizens Advisory Council prompted me to take a deeper look at his so-called five Arctic Climate Change Initiatives. -Alex Gimarc (NGP Photo) Commentary: Yesterday, the Resource Development Council for Alaska held its annual luncheon. (Watch here for a coming audio link.) I'm guessing that 800 people filled that 600 person Howard Rock Ballroom at the Sheraton. Having forgotten to make a reservation, to my delight Brad Keithley, a [...]

TransCanada Briefs Alaska Black Chamber of Commerce

Special Report. Yesterday, the Alaska Black Chamber of Commerce met at the Westmark Anchorage Hotel to hear TransCanada spokesman Tony Palmer (NGP Photo) brief guests on the new partnership with ExxonMobil. Palmer also announced the addition of a Point Thomson pipeline to the project and verification that the ‘open season’ process for filling pipeline capacity would begin next January and finish in July 2010. Palmer said today that following ExxonMobil’s addition, spending through next July would be increased to $150 million. He then described long term employment and contracting opportunities [...]