1-31-12 Taxpayers Pay For Enviro Attacks On Economy

Yesterday the EPA announced it is seeking public input on two draft waste water discharge permits for oil and gas exploration activities in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.  The comment period closes March 30, 2012. Fairbanks News Miner by Dermot Cole: The Army Corps of Engineers has submitted a draft Environmental Impact Statement to the federal Environmental Protection Agency on the proposed 737-mile gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Cook Inlet. On Wednesday, February 1st the Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee markup on the energy portion of the American Energy Infrastructure [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:53-09:00January 31st, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-30-12

Steve Forbes Wows Alaskans! Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban.  Apocalyptic natural-gas nightmare still a concern for Southcentral Alaska Petroleum News by Kristen Nelson.  House plan combines existing bills, wraps ANGDA into AGDC with same board This January 2012 message from the Chairman of the Retired Public Employees Association, Bob Doll, reflects why it is critical now to both cut government spending and improve the investment climate leading to sustained economic growth, as Steve Forbes advocates below.  The State of Alaska owes $4 billion to the Teachers’ Retirement System and more [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:53-09:00January 30th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-29-12

ABC News: Boehner: House Will Likely Attach Keystone Approval to New Jobs Bill - Speaker John Boehner says that the House will try again to tie approval for the Keystone pipeline project to a new jobs bill being introduced next week   The News-Tribune: Ian Urbina Untapped natural gas estimates lowered by 40 percent - The difficulty and uncertainty in predicting natural gas resources was underscored last week when the Energy Information Administration released a report containing sharply lower estimates in the Lower 48.   Juneau Empire: Pat Forgey Low [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:53-09:00January 29th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-28-12

Fox Business: Conoco To Shut Down More Natural Gas Output In '12 Due To Lower Prices - Conoco Phillips (COP) said Wednesday it plans to shut in only a small portion of its natural-gas production in Canada and the lower 48 states due to lower commodity prices as the bulk of its production is tied to oil liquids output and is still profitable.   AOL Energy: Margaret Ryan No More Slow Boat To China For US Liquefied Natural Gas - Widening of the Panama Canal, due to be completed in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 28th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-27-12

Energy Digital:  The return to the gulf - But according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (NGP Photo), the new five-year program will make available for development more than three-quarters of undiscovered oil and gas resources estimated on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), including frontier areas such as the Arctic. In addition to the Gulf, offshore drilling in Alaska will recommence under the supervision of the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE).    Fairbanks Daily News Miner: by FDNMstaff Lawmakers share alternative vision for oil tax [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 27th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-26-12 It’s All About “Investment Climate” in Alaska and Canada

See How Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver Supports Greater Investment See Senator Cathy Giessel's Investment Climate Commentary See Steve Forbes' Alaska Investment Climate Commentary See CEA Energy News Links - Congressman Doc Hastings Says Obama Rhetoric Wrong Alaska Airlines Is Ejecting Passenger Prayer Cards! Alaska Dispatch Commentary Invest in Alaska? Commentary by Alex Gimarc     Some Alaska Legislators are working furiously to counterbalance Governor Sean Parnell’s call for a cut in taxes on oil production from the North Slope.    Earlier this week, Senator Hollis French (NGP Photo) gave a floor speech expressing [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 26th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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1-25-12 In State Gas Pipeline Group Meets Tonight In Anchorage – Alaska Airlines Ejects Prayer Card

TONIGHT!  Anchorage: January 25, 2012, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Crowne Plaza, mid-town Anchorage at the corner of International Airport Road and C Street.  A project overview and update will be provided by Dan Fauske (NGP Photo) and members of the ASAP team will be present to answer Project questions.  The public is encouraged to attend and learn about the ASAP project. Refreshments will be served. Comment: Today, Alaska Airlines announced it has unilaterally canceled its over three decade long tradition of providing prayer cards for meals.  It did not query its customers in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 25th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-24-12 – The Alaska Oil & Keystone Debates Are Alive & Well – N.D. Commissioner Headed to FERC

  Politico.  North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark (NGP Photo-r) is being nominated for an opening on FERC.  Sen. John Hoeven tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will nominate Clark later Monday.  Clark would have to be confirmed by the Senate to take the job. FERC has five members; the commission now has one opening that's reserved for a Republican.  The agency regulates interstate oil and gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and sales of natural gas and wholesale electric power.  Clark's term on the North Dakota commission ends [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 24th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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1-23-12

Point of Personal Privilege.  We mourn the loss and celebrate the life of our friend, mentor and sometimes protégé Frank Reed (NGP Photo).  More coming later today....  -dh ADN by Flip Todd.  Frank Metcalf Reed, 99, who arrived as a babe-in-arms on the banks of Ship Creek in 1915, died Sunday, Jan. 22, at Providence Hospital after a sudden bout of pneumonia. He had probably lived in Anchorage longer than anyone, even serving his World War II enlistment as a naval liaison officer helping young seamen transiting the town on what is [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 23rd, 2012|AGIA, Personal|0 Comments
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1-22-12

Personal note: The Frontiersman featured a photo-story we provided which included photos.  Enjoy.  -dh Fairbanks Daily News Miner: Matt Buxton A developing science might be key to extending the trans-Alaska pipeline's life A fledgling technology that was presented to the Senate Resources Committee in Juneau on Wednesday might be the key that could more than double the commercially developable oil on the North Slope.   Tacoma News Tribune: Wesley Loy Alaska Supreme Court to hear Point Thompson case "Here's a road map to a gas line in Alaska's interest: First, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 22nd, 2012|Personal|0 Comments
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1-21-12

Reuters: Norway Arctic gas pipe must be privately funded - govt The commercial viability of the proposed 1,000 km pipeline, which could cost about 25 billion crowns ($4.2 billion) according to pipeline operator Gassco, also needs more thought before any decision can be made, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe told reporters.   Minnesota Post: Gail Russell Chaddock Keystone XL oil pipeline ensnared in political gamesmanship Obama's move, and the previous one by Congress to graft the pipeline decision onto end-of-year legislation to extend the payroll tax cut [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:42:16-09:00January 21st, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-20-12 Alaska Gasline Takes Step Forward – Keystone Takes Step Backward

Peter Foster in yesterday's FP urges us to, "follow the money and expose misinformation" about Keystone.   Yesterday, the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation announced the ASAP Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will be published in the Federal Register today, Friday, January 20, 2012.  Here is the DEIS link.     *     Mat-Su Frontiersman Story, by Andrew Wellner.      *     The Alaska Dispatch provides Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP file Photo) State of the State speech transcript: "Currently, Alaska is pursuing parallel tracks to get a gasline. The State financially [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 20th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-19-12 New Tax Bill Introduced

Comment.  Yesterday SB 167 appeared as a new bill though it appears to be the same decoupling bill (SB305) that Senators Bert Stedman (L) & Joe Paskvan (NGP Photos) sent to the Governor in 2010, and was subsequently vetoed by the Governor.  It appears to do nothing to improve Alaska's investment climate by reducing oil taxes, reducing progressivity, or increasing credits (like HB110).  Some are predicting that it could morph into the Senate's own version of an oil tax bill this session (eventually).        -dh

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 20th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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1-18-12

Personal:  Jack Power's (NGP Photo) family and friends will meet together next week; we encourage his large extended group of family and friends, customers and acquaintances to come: Monday, visitation, Evergreen Memorial, Downtown, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, service and visitation, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Celebration of Jack Powers' life, Tudor Bingo Hall, 4 p.m., POTLUCK, with beverages provided. Anchorage Daily News: Becky Bohrer Senate should make own tax bill, president says - Senate President Gary Stevens said Tuesday that he would like the Senate to come up with [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:41:59-09:00January 18th, 2012|Personal|0 Comments
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1-17-12

 National Journal: EPA Could Thwart Gas Supplies **Comment by David Holt** (NGP Photo) It’s ironic that less than a decade ago, our country was so concerned about dwindling natural gas supplies that we built new LNG import terminals to secure a supply from overseas. Fast forward to today when newly discovered shale formations around the country, and new technology, are giving us the chance to access an amazing domestic supply of natural gas, and are simultaneously presenting us with a unique opportunity to revitalize our domestic energy industry, and stimulate growth for decades [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 17th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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