2-13-13

Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin.   ...the statements by ARC Financial's Peter Tertzakian as well as the speech delivered by former deputy prime minister Jim Prentice would have left a sense of urgency when it comes to the need to diversify markets for Alberta's oil production.  (Note: Friday's meeting of  Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird with newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.) This special edition of the Cruthirds Report (Requires Subscription) provides highlights and observations from the “Three Interconnections Meeting: Facing the Future With Interconnection-wide Planning” that was held in conjunction with [...]

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2-12-13

CBC News.  The proposed Keystone XL pipeline, trade, energy security, the environment, Iran, Syria and Mali, even hockey — were among the topics discussed when Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird met with newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today stressed the importance of a thoughtful approach to dealing with issues affecting natural gas during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the topic.   “Without a doubt, the new technology that we’re seeing has enabled a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 12th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-11-13

 U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate demanding that the Secretary of the Interior put the health and safety of Alaskans above the inconvenience of migrating birds when deciding whether a land exchange, involving the Izembek National Refuge, that would grant the residents of King Cove limited road access to emergency medical care was in the public interest. Click to watch video clip of Sen. Murkowski’s floor speech on the King Cove Road “Five years ago this Congress approved a land [...]

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2-8-13

Calgary Herald/Vancouver Sun by Gordon Hamilton.  The Canadian oil and gas industry is asking Ottawa for subsidies that could be worth $2 billion in tax savings to encourage the development of liquefied natural gas plants in British Columbia. Next Week's Alaska Senate Resources Committee Hearings Here! Executive Director, Jim Egan (NGP Photo), tells us that today's Commonwealth North meeting at noon in Anchorage: 2525 C St., will feature Apache Alaska Corp General Manager, John Hendrix. Fairbanks News Miner/AP.  A Senate panel said Thursday that Alaska's oil tax system likely helped [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 8th, 2013|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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2-7-13

Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo) House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo), along with Ranking Member Ed Markey (D-MA), Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) and Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), today introduced H.R. 527, The Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act.  This bipartisan legislation would prevent the closure of the Federal Helium Reserve, which by law is scheduled to close later this year resulting in a 30 percent reduction in the global helium supply.   delivered a speech to hundreds of oil and gas explorers and investors during [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 7th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-6-13

Energy 20/20: A Vision for American’s Energy Future.   To read the full document, click  here: http://bit.ly/Energy2020Doc   To view the fact sheet, click  here: http://bit.ly/Energy2020Facts   To read her speech from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Winter Committee Meetings, click here: http://bit.ly/Energy2020NARUC   To watch an excerpt of her NARUC speech, click here:  http://bit.ly/EnergyIsGood   To watch her full speech at NARUC, click here: http://bit.ly/NARUCSpeech2013   To watch her press conference on Energy 20/20, click here:  http://bit.ly/Energy2020Presser   To watch her interview with Andrea Mitchell, click here:  http://bit.ly/Energy2020MSNBC Premiers' meeting to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 6th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-4-13

CBC News.  New Brunswick Premier David Alward is in Alberta to work out the logistics of building a pipeline from the oilsands to the largest refinery in Canada.  The Irving pipeline would connect the oilsands of Alberta to the Irving Refinery in Saint John, N.B., which currently processes 300,000 barrels of oil a day and could move up to a million per day. Note: Your author is attending the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) winter meeting at the Renaissance Washington Hotel (999 9th Street NW) in Washington, DC from Monday, February 4th through Thursday, February 7th. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 4th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-3-13

 Modified Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline plan copes with new gas ... A new 'lean gas' plan for Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline · With mushers on a mission, Yukon Quest revs up in Canada · Want to become an Alaska bush pilot? www.alaskadispatch.com/.../new-lean-gas-plan-alaska-stand-al...

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 3rd, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-2-13

Calgary Herald, by Terry Pedwell, CP.  The federal government is firming up its support of two projects that would see oil from Alberta piped to Atlantic Canada.  Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says he has given tentative approval of one proposal to industry giant Irving Oil.  “I met with Arthur Irving (Irving Oil’s CEO) and expressed the support of the government of Canada, in principle, for this initiative,” Oliver said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

By |2016-03-13T03:49:36-09:00February 2nd, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-1-13

(Preparing for NARUC Meeting, Washington, D.C.) American Energy Alliance Morning Energy News - February 1, 2013 We needed to let this ripen for a day.  Its awesomeness originally overwhelmed us. Forbes (1/30/13) reports: “The EPA's Lisa Jackson: The Worst Head of the Worst Regulatory Agency, Ever… President Obama and his minions seem to think that freedom is a four-letter word.  His administration has imposed an array of intrusive, nanny-state, financial, environmental and consumer-product regulations that will cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars.”   The good news is that this keeps her [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:17-09:00February 1st, 2013|Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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