Last Friday Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) wrote the Chairmen of the Senate and House committees responsible for energy and natural resource policy.  He said: "At a press conference recently, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar blamed Shell Oil for the delays in drilling exploration wells in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.  This premise is  patently false. The attachment clearly displays a pattern of federal obstruction designed to prevent development of Alaska's abundant resource base.  Decisions by the federal administration have negatively impacted Alaska's economy and, in fact, the entire nation. Repeated federal actions have led [...]