Anchorage Daily Planet by Tom Brennen (NGP Photo) Throughput in the trans-Alaska pipeline has been going down ever since that fateful day when I unwittingly announced that the North Slope oilfields had peaked out.  I’m hoping the Legislature will soon reduce oil taxes and get the industry exploring again to flatten the production curve and keep the oil flowing. Otherwise I’m afraid somebody will blame it on me.* * * Shell Oil’s announcement that it won’t be drilling in the Beaufort Sea this year was no surprise — they just ran out [...]