Office of the Federal Coordinator by Jennifer Thompson.  The federal coordinator’s office for an Alaska North Slope natural gas pipeline is sponsoring an Oct. 18 public forum in Anchorage (and streamed live on the web) to discuss the state’s options for assisting in gas line development. The panelists will review potential fiscal options that could help in developing an out-of-state and an in-state line, and how the state could benefit from looking at the two projects as a package.  Panelists:  William Garner, senior counsel at Dewey & LeBoeuf in Houston; Gregg [...]

  (Fairbanks, AK) - DNR’s Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) announces the release of the first of several high-resolution LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) datasets for the proposed Alaska Pipeline Project (APP) and Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline (ASAP) corridors. The airborne LiDAR survey was conducted in fall 2011 and spring-summer 2012 by contractor Watershed Sciences, Inc., of Corvallis, Oregon, over proposed transportation and infrastructure corridors from Prudhoe Bay to the Canada border, Delta Junction to Valdez, and Livengood to the Point MacKenzie area. Funding from the state Gas [...]

 ADN/AP by Dan Joling.  A lawsuit that stands in the way of Shell Oil's plans for exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast is back in the hands of a federal judge.   Alaska Dispatch: Shell clears another hurdle for offshore oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic The Obama administration on Monday affirmed a controversial offshore oil lease sale...    Canada Free Press: “Drill, Castro, Drill!” says Obama and the Environmental Defense Fund In half a heartbeat the Obama team could put the kibosh...   Houston Chronicle: Emails raise questions about [...]

Calgary Herald by Stephen Elwart.  Alison Redford has a unique opportunity to change the Alberta government’s relationship with the oil and gas industry in her first week on the job during hearings in Washington to debate the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline.    Keystone XL Pipeline Information.  MetalMiner: The Keystone XL Pipeline: Costs and Benefits - Houston Chronicle: Environmentalists challenge Shell’s Arctic drilling plan - Houston Chronicle: TransCanada ramping up lobbying to win Keystone approval - Salon: What's the future of the oil economy?   ALASKA GASLINE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR       October 03, 2011 ANCHORAGE, AK., [...]