10-16-13 “It’s A Wonderful Life!”

Calgary Herald BY LAUREN KRUGEL, CP​.  “I was not a huge supporter of how actively the federal government was a year or two ago in promoting pipeline projects for its interests and taking on some of the opposers,” Ian Anderson told an Calgary business audience on Wednesday. ​Comment: Alaskans can be proud of the leadership role Governor Sean Parnell has assumed as Chairman of the OCS Governors Coalition--in support of responsible domestic energy exploration and production.  Here are photos of yesterday's meeting in Mississippi.  -dh     It's A Wonderful [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 16th, 2013|Commentary|0 Comments
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10-15-13 Final Tax Filing Day

Personal to readers: We confess to have been almost totally absorbed with our accountant in preparing over the last week for today's electronic filing to the IRS.  We, therefore, are grateful to patient readers for your understanding and patience.  -dh Alaska Dispatch by Pat Forgey.   "Enstar's proposed (Gas Supply Agreement) immediately raised concerns because it would have increased natural gas costs to the company's captive ratepayers – a topic of special concern for the Murkowski administration," then-Attorney General David Márquez said following the decision.           [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 15th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-14-13

Alaska Support Industry Alliance Annual Meeting Keynote Speech: Helvi Sandvik (coming on 10-16-13....) Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban.  An impoverished group of Northwest Alaska villages whose residents hunt walrus and seals to survive have banded together to form a corporation to capitalize on an economic boom on the U.S. side of the Arctic, should that day ever come. ... The group's efforts will bear their first fruit early next week. Royal Dutch Shell agreed to sponsor a hazardous materials training workshop in Wales for 12 to 24 residents living in that village at [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 12th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-11-13

Houston Readers: Next Saturday, October 19, Consumer Energy Alliance and the University of Houston will conduct another Energy Day.   Free Family Festival with food, games and events along with fascinating exhibits dealing with science, energy, technology, innovation and conservation. Where and When: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Hermann Square, City Hall, 900 Smith Street, Houston!  www.energydayfestival.org.     -dh CBC News.  ​Dozens of people showed up to a TransCanada public consultation on its pipeline proposal in Stittsville on Thursday evening. Energy Daily.  Extracting shale oil and gas reserves through [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 11th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-11-13

Area Development.  “This is a step forward for the Alaska LNG project and shows continued progress toward building Alaska’s energy future,” said Steve Butt, Senior Project Manager. “The work that we have put into the site selection process gives us confidence that the Nikiski site is the lead location for the LNG plant and terminal. The Nikiski site also results in a pipeline route that provides an access opportunity to North Slope natural gas by the major population centers in Fairbanks, Mat-Su Valley, Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula.” ... A competitive, predictable [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 11th, 2013|LNG|0 Comments
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10-10-13

News Miner, by Matt Buxton.  Ray Latchem, the president of Spectrum LNG, LLC, outlined what he says is a more economically viable North Slope natural gas processing facility than the state’s project to a luncheon hosted by the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday. ESA Working Group Hears from Participants from Across the Nation on the Need to Improve and Update the Law WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Endangered Species Act (ESA) Congressional Working Group, led by Representatives Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Cynthia Lummis (WY-at large), today held a forum entitled “Reviewing 40 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 10th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-9-13

ADN by Frank Gerjevic.  Everyone applauded this week when the major North Slope petroleum producers and TransCanada said they'd settled on Nikiski as the Southcentral Alaska site for a gas pipeline terminus and natural gas liquefaction plant. ... Another reason is that we've seen so many milestones now on the road to the next milestone that you begin to wonder if the road does go on forever.  Well, good for Nikiski. But I wouldn't make book on the line yet.

By |2016-03-13T03:45:15-09:00October 9th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-8-13

(See our 10-4-13 story), "...in answer to a question dealing with final terminus of the pipeline and siting for an LNG export plant, she said that "over twenty sites have been evaluated and prioritized but it is premature to announce the location of the site at this point." Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim  Bradner (NGP Photo of Bradner at Nikiski LNG Site, 2001).  North Slope producers and TransCanada Corp. have selected a site at Nikiski on the Kenai Peninsula as the proposed terminus for a 42-inch North Slope gas [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 8th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-7-13

Winter Energy Outlook EIA's Winter Fuels Outlook will be included in the October 2013 Short-Term Energy Outlook which will be released at 10:00 a.m. on October 8, 2013 on the EIA website at:  http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/  Alaska Dispatch by Suzanna Caldwell.   ... For the last decade, utilities and producers have warned of possible natural gas shortages in Southcentral Alaska. Aging wells in Cook Inlet have steadily waned in production. Despite the possibility of trillions of cubic feet of gas remaining undeveloped in the region, new wells haven't come online fast enough to keep up with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 7th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-7-13

Winter Energy Outlook EIA's Winter Fuels Outlook will be included in the October 2013 Short-Term Energy Outlook which will be released at 10:00 a.m. on October 8, 2013 on the EIA website at:  http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/     

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 7th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-5-13

October 4, 2013, Juneau, Alaska – In response to reports of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) restricting Alaskans’ access to federal lands and waters, Governor Sean Parnell today called and spoke with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to defend Alaskans’ lawful access rights. Under federal law, including the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), federal lands and waters are to be open and accessible without fees or permits. “Whether it’s for hunting, fishing, or subsistence, Alaskans’ access opportunities cannot lawfully be curtailed due to a federal [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:01-09:00October 6th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-4-13

Compass: Alaskans need to let permitting process work in Pebble application By SEN. MIKE DUNLEAVY (NGP Photo) Most Alaskans strive to grow and prosper and welcome those willing and able to invest their expertise and resources towards development of our state resources. Over the years, Alaska has developed permitting requirements that must be met before any project is allowed to proceed. Those decisions are based upon the data and science submitted to the state that allow it to then judge whether the project meets the predetermined standards. This protects the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:13-09:00October 5th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-4-13

Major Gas Pipeline Player Points To Major Project Progress by Dave Harbour Yesterday, ExxonMobil's Point Thomson Production Manager told members of the Resource Development Council for Alaska that a large, Alaska LNG export project could be competitive--with qualifications. *     *     * The Thursday breakfast meeting opened to a sold-out audience in the Dena'ina Convention Center in downtown Anchorage.  President Phil Cochrane (NGP Photo) opened the meeting, introducing Karen Hagedorn's presentation on both Point Thomson progress and outlook for a major Alaska North Slope (ANS) natural gas export project. Hagedorn, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:13-09:00October 4th, 2013|You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-3-13

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said claimants should not be paid for fictitious or wholly non-existent losses. ​ As part of today's decision, the Fifth Circuit also reversed the District Court's denial of BP's motion for a preliminary injunction staying the payment of business economic loss claims under the agreement. The Fifth Circuit has ordered the District Court to "expeditiously craft" an injunction that stays payments to people who did not suffer "actual injury traceable to loss from the Deepwater Horizon accident" until the matter is "fully [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:13-09:00October 3rd, 2013|Commentary|0 Comments
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10-2-13

ADN/AP, by Matthew Daly.  President Barack Obama's nominee to be the nation's top energy regulator withdrew Tuesday, conceding he did not have enough support for confirmation.  Ron Binz, a former Colorado energy regulator who strongly backs renewable energy, was opposed by at least half of the 22-member Senate Energy Committee, including all 10 Republicans and at least one Democrat.  Opponents said they considered Binz's views to be outside the mainstream and were troubled by his comment that natural gas may be a "dead end" fuel. RigZone by Robin Dupre.  Janet Weiss (NGP Photo), [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:14-09:00October 2nd, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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