6-13-12

ADN by Lisa Demer.  Exxon Mobil is on track to develop part of the huge, remote Point Thomson oil and gas field east of Prudhoe Bay, as required under a court settlement reached earlier this year with the Parnell administration, the company's senior manager on the project told state legislators Tuesday. Note: if this story is real, we are glad to no longer own BAC stock.  The Bank's board should increase shareholder dividends by $50 billion and let shareholders decide how they wish to save, waste or invest their money. [...]

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6-12-12: On Killing Golden Egg Laying Geese

Can Well Intended Regulation and Lawmaking Kill Golden Egg Laying Geese? Meeting Report and Commentary by Dave Harbour   Report: Oregon Congressman Greg Walden (NGP Photo) told members of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners (WCPSC), meeting yesterday at Sunriver Resort, that the House is, "...committed to not having everything pile up like a train wreck at the end of the year."   Walden is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.  His committee's Senior Advisor on Communications and Technology is Ray Baum NGP (Photo, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:09-09:00June 12th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-11-12

ADN Op-Ed by Senator Lesil McGuire (NGP Photo).   The transfer of $125 million to the Sustainable Energy Transmission and Supply Development Fund (SETS) created by my Senate Bill 25 is an important step towards a new way of doing business in Alaska. State has new tool to facilitate infrastructure - Anchorage Daily News - Sean Parnell for his support of Senate Bill 25 and for his recognition of the ... I also saw how declining throughput in the trans-Alaska pipeline will ... 'Black gold' rush? Seattle has stake in quest for Alaska oil - The Seattle Times - Sean Parnell and Sen. [...]

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6-9-12

Toronto Star: Keystone XL pipeline: How Canada's pipeline splits the US.  The Toronto Star's Mitch Potter and Lucas Oleniuk drove 4,000 kilometres through Keystone country, from Montana to Texas, finding that the Canadian project has morphed into an oil-fired political drama - one so powerful it might take down President Obama. See the full story Saturday.

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6-8-12

Petroleum News.  As completion of Tesoro’s rail terminal to receive Bakken crude at its Washington refinery draws near, there’s talk within the company of shipping the light, sweet oil to Tesoro’s Alaska refinery where the company pays substantially more for both similar oil from the Cook Inlet basin and lower grade oil from the North Slope. If Cook Inlet basin oil explorers are successful, contract negotiations for their new oil could be tricky if Tesoro, the region’s primary oil buyer, plays its Bakken card. TransCanada Corp. expands in Westborough, Bizjournals.com.  TransCanada Corp. said [...]

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6-7-12

Note to Readers:  We left the wonderful town of Vancouver, B.C. early yesterday after an IOGCC meeting and are this morning preparing for meetings in Charlotte, N.C.  Meanwhile, Carl Portman (NGP Photo) of the Resource Development Council for Alaska summarized how Alaskans once again came together to testify in support of sustaining the 49th State Economy last Monday night.  Readers may wish to review our last federal government hearing summary (Alaskans Rocked at Last Night's Hearing).  Americans everywhere are aware of EPA efforts to expand jurisdiction.  Here is a link to our [...]

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6-6-12

Comment (Scroll down for yesterday's post): Yesterday at the World Gas Conference (WGC) in Kuala Lumpur, our friend, Dan Yergin (NGP Photo), said US oil production will be up by a million barrels per day this year along with dramatically increased gas production and that if one included Canadian production increases, North America could be "a lot less energy dependent" in the next ten years.  Meanwhile, in Vancouver, B.C.,Canada at the summer meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, North Dakota's Deputy Director for Mineral Resources (Oil and Gas), Bruce Hicks (NGP [...]

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6-5-12

Governor Sean Parnell addressed national policy issues facing the three dozen oil and gas producing state members of the Interstate Oil and Gas Comact Commission yesterday in Vancouver, B.C..  Parnell is the 2011-12 Chairman of the Congressionally-created compact, supported by members of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, including Chairman Kathy Foerster.  Following that address, he executed a Memorandum of Understanding with his Yukon Territory counterpart, Premier Darrell Pasloski (See story below). Vancouver, British Columbia - Governor Sean Parnell  and Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski (NGP Photo) renewed the Alaska-Yukon Intergovernmental Relations Accord. The leaders met [...]

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6-4-12

...in Vancouver, B.C. with Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.  Governor Sean Parnell addresses commissioners this morning as this year's IOGCC Chairman.  Report coming.... Exxon Mobil bullish on natural gas exports. But will Alaska benefit? Alaska Dispatch Sean Parnell supports the idea. Early this year, Parnell announced incremental ... of a $40 billion natural gas pipeline to Canada to supply the Lower 48. A first step: Gas storage legislation could help Fairbanks costs Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Sean Parnell. Parnell signed legislation that offers a state tax credit or ... and laying the groundwork for gas delivered via pipeline in the future. New York Times: Arctic Oil: [...]

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6-1-12 – North America Faces An International Environmental-Progressive Siege

Calgary Herald Opinion, by Deborah Yedlin.  It's nothing short of mind-boggling.  NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair briefly toured the oilsands Thursday. But his visit didn't appear to change his negative stance on the industry whose financial benefits outside this province top $100 billion on an annual basis, with the lion's share going to Ontario. Yesterday, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) sent a series of letters to the Obama Administration requesting further information on how much the federal government spends on Endangered Species Act (ESA)-related litigation and settlement costs.  “The [...]

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