9-28-12

Parnell, Sullivan promote Alaska LNG in Asia -  Alaskajournal.com - Sean Parnell (NGP Photo-R) and state Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo) have been in Japan and Korea in the last two weeks, drumming up interest in a large Alaska liquefied natural gas project. North Slope producers and TransCanada Corp., a gas pipeline ... Petroleum News by Alan Bailey.  Great Bear’s results so far from its Alcor No. 1 shale oil test well on Alaska’s North Slope have met expectations for finding oil in North Slope source rocks, Ed Duncan (NGP Photo), the company’s president and CEO, [...]

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9-27-12

  Japanese consortium scouting Alaska LNG project - Alaska Dispatch - As part of the decades-long quest for Alaska to get its vast reserves of North Slope natural gas to market through a pipeline, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP photo)  is currently visiting Asia on the eve of an expected announcement involving Alaska's major oil and ... Parnell in Asia Promoting Alaska Natural Gas -KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska - FAIRBANKS — As the state nears what is expected to be a major announcement on the future of a large-diameter natural gas [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:56:30-09:00September 27th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-26-12

ADN/AP by Becky Bohrer. It is Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) second state-sponsored overseas trip as governor, and it comes as Alaska awaits word on progress toward advancing a liquefied natural gas project that would allow for exports to the Pacific Rim. Parnell said he plans to make a "compelling case" for Alaska gas in meetings with government officials, and utility company and business leaders in South Korea and Japan. He said he will explain the progress that's been made toward commercializing Alaska's North Slope gas and emphasize the comparative advantage Alaska [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:44-09:00September 26th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-25-12

Peninsula Clarion/ADN by Brian Smith.   Peninsula Clarion/ADB by Brian Smith.  In a report released to the Peninsula Clarion last week, David Erikson, senior biologist with URS Corp., concluded that the Endeavour's time in dry dock and aboard a transport ship for its month-long trip was largely responsible for killing the attached marine organisms, thus "substantially reducing the potential for any non-indigenous or invasive species" to be introduced into Kachemak Bay, where the rig is currently parked.

By |2016-03-13T03:55:26-09:00September 25th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-24-12

ADN OP-ED by Kathryn Thomas.  The Environmental Protection Agency's Dennis McLerran is claiming overwhelming public support for the agency's Draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, a controversial report on the potential effects of mining in the region. What he fails to mention is the source of most of this purported support: pre-written mass emails generated by national environmental groups. The EPA describes the messages as identical in both form and content.  

By |2016-03-13T03:55:26-09:00September 24th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-23-12

ADN.  TransCanada has received interest from potential shippers and "major players from a broad range of industry sectors and geographic locations," including North America and Asia, Shawn Howard said in a statement. The statement didn't indicate if preference was shown for a project that would serve North America markets, or for one that would allow for liquefied natural gas exports.   Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/09/21/2634012/transcanada-says-its-encouraged.html#storylink=cpy    

By |2016-12-22T22:31:44-09:00September 24th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-21-12

North Slope Borough Stakes Out Its Oil and Gas Position Commentary By Dave Harbour  ALERT FOR ALASKA AND ALL STATES WITH WATER; A NEW EPA INITIATIVE COULD STRIKE ANOTHER BLOW TO NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND ALL LIFESTYLES DEPENDENT ON REASONABLE, TRADITIONAL WATER  USES.   -dh  ***  AG PROFESSIONAL.  One little word can mean so much. In relation to the Clean Water Act, that word is “navigable,” and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers are trying to get rid of it. If they succeed, EPA will have [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:44-09:00September 21st, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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9-20-12

We have now completed the 8th Annual Alaska Oil and Gas Congress and hope to provide some insights soon.  -dh

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 20th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-19-12

 Alaska Oil and Gas Congress Continues Today* ADN by Richard Mauer.  At a news conference Tuesday in which former Democratic Gov. Tony Knowles  (NGP Photo) and former Republican House Speaker Gail Phillips appeared together, the Make Alaska Competitive Coalition said it hoped to raise at least $300,000 for radio, TV and newspaper advertising. Spokesman Jason Moore said the organization "was well on our way" to meeting that goal, but he had no more specifics. *Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:00 a.m.              Opening Remarks from the Co-Chair Drue [...]

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9-18-12

 Alaska Oil and Gas Congress Continues Today   Tuesday, September 18, 2012   9:00 a.m.              Opening Remarks from the Co-Chair- Dave Harbour, Commissioner Emeritus, the National Association of Regulary Commissioners and Publisher, Northern Gas Pipelines   9:15 a.m.              Commercializing Alaska’s Natural Gas: New Collaborative Project Plan Deputy Commissioner Joe Balash, Department of Natural Resources, Alaska   9:40 a.m.              Update from the Alaska Gas Pipeline Office Kurt Gibson, Director, Gas Pipeline Project Office   10:35 a.m.            Exploring Current Issues Affecting Federal Oil & Gas in Alaska: Milestones and Opportunities in the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 18th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-14-12

PNA by Alan Bailey (NGP Photo). As Cook Inlet natural gas supplies tighten, with Southcentral Alaska utility Enstar Natural Gas Co. no longer having all of its needed gas supplies available under firm contracts, the commercial arrangements for the purchase and delivery of gas have become significantly more complex than in the heady days of excess gas availability.  

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 14th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-13-12

YESTERDAY MATTERED! Yesterday David Holt Told Neil Cavuto Alaska Is Part of the Solution   Yesterday, the State of Alaska sent a message to Washington D.C. that the time has come to cleanupmore than 100 contaminated oil and gas well sites in Northern Alaska when Governor Sean Parnell signed House Joint Resolution 29, the NPR-A Legacy Wells resolution this morning in Anchorage.   “Three decades after the federal drilling program stopped the wells remain unplugged,” said Rep. Charisse Millett (Photo, center, with Parnell and AOGCC Commissioner Cathy Foerster, by Jeff [...]

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9-12-12

On September 5, 2012, TransCanada Corp. (TRP-NYSE) submitted a revised routing for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska as part of its effort to win state approval to build the line and eventually a Presidential Permit for construction. (Energy Investment Banking, by Allen Brooks) ADN/AP by Dan Joling.  Moving ice may keep a Royal Dutch Shell petroleum drill ship away from a Chukchi Sea prospect for several days.  Today's Notes and Links: Is Alaska Competitive? When we received the latest paper issue of Petroleum News, the Bakken Section seemed to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:44-09:00September 12th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-11-12 The Anniversary

Lest We Forget.... ADN/AP by Dan Joling.  Royal Dutch Shell halted drilling in the Chukchi Sea on Monday -- one day after it began -- because of sea ice moving toward the company's drill ship off Alaska.  Shell Alaska spokesman Curtis Smith (NPG Photo) said drilling was stopped as a precautionary measure in accordance with its ice management plan. Vancouver Sun by Gordon Hamilton.  Pipeline operator Spectra Energy is teaming up with British natural gas giant BG Group to build an 850-kilometre natural gas pipeline from northeastern B.C. to Prince Rupert [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:44-09:00September 11th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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