PNA via ADN by Eric Lidji. Linc Energy has started drilling its first Alaska natural gas exploration well, the company said. The Australian company recently spudded LEA No. 1 in Mat-Su just north of Point MacKenzie Road across Knik Arm from rage.In an Oct. 24 statement, Linc CEO Peter Bond said the well was designed "to target a number of stacked gas objectives whilst intersecting regional coal measures."
MEETING OF THE ANCHORAGE ENERGY TASKFORCE (NGP Photo: Mayor Dan Sullivan) Nov. 3, 2010 9:00-11:00 a.m. Mayor’s 8th floor conference room I. Call to Order/Introductions II. Review of Agenda III. Presentation a. Local utilities update about winter preparedness (continued from last meeting) i. ENSTAR – John Sims, Manager, Corporate Communications & Customer Service(confirmed) b. CIRI, Fire Island wind project – Ethan Schutt, Sr. Vice President, Land and Energy Development (confirmed) c. David Gottstein, North Slope gas proposal (confirmed) IV. Old Business a. Updating transition [...]
ADN/AP by Dan Joling (NGP Photo). Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has had 16 months on the job as a replacement for Sarah Palin and the Republican is seeking a full four-year term. Democratic Ethan Berkowitz hopes Alaskans want a change.Parnell continues to embrace Palin's plan for a proposed pipeline to move North Slope natural gas to market. The law awarded an exclusive state license to build the pipeline and $500 million in state incentives to get the $30 billion project moving. Parnell claims that both the state licensee, TransCanada Corp., [...]
California's Green Politics Creates Its Own Brands of Greed and Corruption by Ben Harbour, A California Voter While I was in line to cast an early ballot in Fresno on Saturday, the very eager voters were informed that the written description of Prop 23 on the ballot, was wrong. Our eagerness waining, we were informed that the new language could be read on a poster which hung on the wall near the voting maching, and our vote on the machine would still count. (Click below for more.) Although I [...]
Schwarzenegger Charms and Demonizes Big Oil -- But Short Changes California's Ratepayers and Economy Commentary by Dave Harbour We urge our NGP readers who have California friends to recommend a 'yes' vote TOMORROW for Proposition 23 that would delay implementation of AB 32. We offer this advice after listening to others. 1. First, listen to California's current governor espouse -- in his own words -- a philosophy designed to bring a great state to her knees. Click here and advance the presentation to minute 16:32. As I sat in that Sacramento meeting [...]
The ADN asked candidates, "Are you satisfied with the level of federal environmental regulation and oversight of offshore oil and gas drilling and shipping to prevent a major spill in Alaska? If not, what do you want to see changed? We think there should have been more outrage expressed by aspiring leaders that Federal bureaucrats are clearly doing everything possible to shut down Alaskan oil and gas activity -- both on- and off-shore. See the economic impact of new OCS activity in Alaska in this study conducted by Northern Economics [...]
