Last Week We Urged Alaska Readers To Participate in Tomorrow's Meeting With Chancellor Fran Ulmer, Now Serving on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Please Do. Financial Post by Diane Francis.  "MACKENZIE A 'MUST DO'".  After more than a generation of unnecessary review, the supporters of the Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline anticipate that the National Energy Board will approve the project this fall.  Then the politics begin. Ottawa must be heavily involved if it is ever to be built, because the $16.2-billion line [...]

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What and Who:  This month the White House announced that outgoing University of Alaska-Anchorage Chancellor Fran Ulmer (NGP Photo) was appointed to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. This group is charged with investigating the causes of the explosion and recommending changes to prevent future disasters.  On Wednesday, July 7, Chancellor Ulmer will hold a listening session on the UAA campus to hear from Alaskans who have experience and/or expertise in oil spill response and recovery would like to share their ideas.  Steve Lindbeck (NGP [...]

Commentary For several months the Department of Interior's former Minerals Management Service (MMS) has been inviting comment on the Department's OCS leasing program from 2012-2017.  We, at Northern Gas Pipelines, care about such agency action, because new supplies of crude oil are required if Alaska's economic lifeline--The Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline--is to reverse its annual 6% loss of throughput.  Also, a high pressure (2400 psi), 48" gas pipeline will likely require more than the current 35 TCF of proven Alaska North Slope (ANS) reserves to properly finance its hefty price [...]