December 30, 2013 - Northern Gas Pipelines

12-30-13 Drones Are Coming – High On Cook Inlet O&G Exploration

Calgary Herald Editorial: "...times are so good that some jobs are going begging. Statistics Canada recently noted that job vacancies in Alberta stood at 52,800 in the third quarter of 2013." Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban. A subsidiary of Alaska's wealthiest homegrown corporation is expanding its footprint in Cook Inlet to support increasing industrial activity there, a sign that more good things may be on the way for the resurgent oil and gas basin in Southcentral Alaska. Joe Lo Sciuto, president of ASRC Energy Services Response Operations, thinks so. An expected [...]

12-29-13 Governor Frank Murkowski Opines On Pipeline

Alaska Dispatch, by Frank Murkowski (NGP Photo). I urge that we not continue to fund overlapping energy projects. Over the last several years the administration and the Legislature have authorized the following: 1. $557 million has been expended over the last nine years on consultant fees and reports; 2. In the last session the Legislature approved $355 million for the in-state bullet line on top of $72 million from former years; 3. The Legislature committed $332.5 million in grants and loans to truck North Slope gas to Fairbanks; and 4. The Legislature appropriated [...]