So much this week…

 ...more stories coming next week. AP by Becky Bohrer.  Alaska is pushing back what it says will be one of the biggest oil and gas lease sales in the U.S. this year, citing the potential for more acres to be added and a desire to give companies more time to prepare bids. Deborah Brollini (NGP Photo) places on her blog this morning testimony she gave yesterday to the Alaska Senate Labor and Commerce Committee:  We can argue job numbers all day.  However, we are not going to have jobs for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:18-09:00September 9th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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Our Own Worst Enemy

This morning in Anchorage, Shell's Alaska Vice President for Exploration and Production, Pete Slaiby (NGP Photo), will discuss prospects for a 2012 exploration program in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.  See below for Federal comment period opportunities.  -dh   Vancouver Observer.  Canadian and American Enviros Attack Canadian and American Energy Production Doig's Digest: TransCanada's Challenges ADN-AP.  Decades after construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, state lawmakers are again hearing from Alaskans concerned about the number of out-of-state hires in good-paying jobs on the North Slope.  ... The Senate Labor and Commerce [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:19-09:00September 8th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Commissioner Dan Sullivan Reveals Administration Energy Strategy To Export Council

This morning Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan (NGP Stock Photo) briefed the Alaska Export Council in Anchorage on the Administration's strategy for increasing Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) throughput and managing gas pipeline development. "I want to give you a very detailed view of Governor Sean Parnell's one-million-barrel-per-day-within-10-years-strategy," he said, "and what we are doing to implement it." Sullivan began by reviewing the important direction Alaska's constitution gave public officials to "maximize" the development of natural resources.  He emphasized the huge resources available to the state and nation [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:19-09:00September 7th, 2011|AGIA, Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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Senator Giessel Sets the Example!

       NPG Readers: Please Comment on ANWR  Comment Against Federal Government Lockup of ANWR’s 1002 Area Testify: Fairbanks 10-19-11, Anchorage 10-20-11 Written testimony due: 11-15-11 Governor Sean Parnell Rebukes Federal Government Petroleum News Alaska Story       Senator Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo) wrote the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on their upcoming decision to recommend wilderness designations for ANWR's 1002 area--or not.  (See above notice and her letter, below.)  Then, following her example, let's all take a few minutes to comment on all three of these federal comment [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:19-09:00September 6th, 2011|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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CEOs Of The State, The Trans Alaska Pipeline System and North Slope Borough Have Much In Common – Halcro Adds Wisdom To The Debate

Relevant Note from the Calgary Herald: A subsidiary of TransCanada Corp. declared a force majeure Thursday after shutting down its six-month-old Bison natural gas pipeline the night before over a rupture in central Wyoming.  (It can happen.  -dh) CEOs Of The Trans Alaska Pipeline System, the State of Alaska and North Slope Borough Share A Challenge (Come to think of it, we all share this major challenge--directly and indirectly) by Dave Harbour (Note opposing opinion in comment below) Night before last in Anchorage, former North Slope Borough Mayor George Ahmaogak (NGP Photo [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:19-09:00September 2nd, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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Former Mayor George Ahmaogak Could Save Alaska’s Economy

Commentary:  When former Alaska North Slope Borough Mayor George Ahmaogak (NGP Photo) took the podium in the Petroleum Club last night, you could hear a pin drop as he began speaking followed by a thunderous applause when he finished.  He said he is completely consistent and candid with his constituents.  When elected he will -- as in the past -- have an open door policy for citizens and those doing business in the borough.  He believes the future of the oil industry is generally aligned with the future of North Slope Borough [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:00:29-09:00September 1st, 2011|Commentary|0 Comments
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