Alaska Oil and Gas Congress Right Around the Corner! AJOC by Tim Bradner.  Plans for a 24-inch natural gas pipeline built from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska are moving forward a step at a time. A 430-mile state right-of-way was granted for the $7.52 billion project July 25 and a draft environmental impact statement is due out in August, Dan Fauske, president of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., a state corporation, told state legislators in a briefing. ADN editorial writer suggests that, "patience may be a trap, not a [...]