1-16-14

  The Star, by John Spears.  If Canada fails to develop its oilsands now — and fails to build the pipelines to move it to market — the opportunity could vanish for decades, two industry executives warned Wednesday.  (Note: we continue to observe here that, from a gas marketing perspective, Alaska is in the same boat!  -dh) “Asia will figure out other sources to get supply from if they can’t get it from Canada,” Cenovus chief executive Brian Ferguson told a meeting of the Canadian Club. Cenovus is a major [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 16th, 2014|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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1-15-14 BREAKING NEWS TODAY!!!

  The EPA released its final OVERREACHING REPORT today on an Alaska mining project, thumbing its nose at the rule of law.  Here is Senator Lisa Murkowski's response.  -dh   BPs Outlook Released Today: You Read It Here First State and Private Parties Sign LNG Project Commercial Agreements (Anchorage, AK) - Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Balash (NGP Photo), Revenue Commissioner Angela Rodell and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) President Dan Fauske (NGP Photo) announced today that they have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips, and TransCanada Corp., regarding the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 15th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-14-14 Meet Alaska Part II

Meet Alaska Part II (Scroll Down For Part I.  Remember that we wish our archives to maintain the highest degree of accuracy.  Accordingly, we solicit reader responses: additions, corrections to anything included herein.) by Dave Harbour THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON: You Read It Here First! U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to lift the prohibition on exporting crude oil produced in the United States. Doing so, Murkowski wrote, will allow American producers to access global markets, which will boost production, protect jobs, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 14th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-13-14 Alliance Is Forum For Energy – Government Communications

Governor's Announcement Underlines The Importance Of The Alliance's "Meet Alaska" and Other Energy Conferences Part I by Dave Harbour ADN by Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo).   For the first time in Alaska's history, we have the framework in place to build the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on Alaska's terms and in Alaskans' interests. We have the necessary parties to make the Alaska LNG project go: three producers, a pre-eminent Arctic pipeline builder, an entity that will carry Alaskans' interests (Alaska Gasline Development Corp.) and state agencies responsible for royalties [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 13th, 2014|AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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1-12-14

ADN By Lisa Demer.  Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) on Friday announced that he was prepared to abandon the Palin-era natural gas pipeline law and set the state on a new path as an investor and partner in a long-dreamed-about natural gas project from the North Slope.  (We'll have more report and photos for our readers on Monday.  -dh)  

By |2016-03-13T03:41:25-09:00January 12th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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1-11-14

Juneau Empire.   Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) on Friday announced a new way forward on a long-hoped-for natural gas pipeline that includes scrapping the terms of a 2007 law he says no longer works well for the situation. (We'll have more news links, our own report and commentary for readers on Monday.  -dh)  

By |2016-03-13T03:40:49-09:00January 11th, 2014|AGIA, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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1-10-14

We are attending the Alliance's "Meet Alaska" conference today.  Reports will follow. Here is today's fresh link to Petroleum News Bakken!  Consider subscribing if you are not already doing so.  

By |2016-03-13T03:40:49-09:00January 10th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-9-14

TODAY, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee oversight hearing on “Obama Administration’s War on Coal: The Recent Report by the Office of the Inspector General.”  “We’re here today to discuss the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General’s new report on the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule. By now, everyone on this Committee is very familiar with this rewrite, and it has been the subject [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:43:28-09:00January 9th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-8-14

Important Event: On Friday, leaders of Alaska's oil industry, the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, the National Mining Association and FrackNation producer Phelim McAleer, will join Governor Sean Parnell  (NGP Photo)​ to MEET ALASKA.  See agenda below.  NGP Readers may register here, but seats are limited and time is of the essence!  We'll have a report for our Canadian and Lower 48 readers by Monday. Here is our report on last year's conference.       -dh WGOW (Chattanooga, TN): Winter Energy Tips, A Radio Interview with Natalie Joubert, Consumer Energy Alliance (NGP Photo) AAPG Explorer: Ms. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 8th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-7-14 Murkowski Releases New Energy White Paper In Washington Today

Calgary Herald.  Canadian oil and gas producers were “overly optimistic” heading into 2013, failing to predict a slowdown in business activity over the last 12 months and the job losses that have occurred as a result. Alaska US Senator Lisa Murkowski Releases Energy White Paper by Dave Harbour  Yesterday we briefed readers on a webcast speech Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) would deliver today at 9 a.m. EST in Washington to a Brookings Institute audience.  Brookings promoted the speech as a discussion of the, "future of U.S. energy trade and its implications [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:51-09:00January 7th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-6-14 Murkowski Addresses Brookings Institute Tomorrow

Fairbanks News Miner: EPA Clamps Down On Woodstoves With record Arctic temperatures hovering heavily over most of the Lower 48 this week, and our EPA supervisors condemning woodstoves, we recall two 'global warming' experiences: Copenhagen Business School Professor Dr. Bjørn Lomborg giving remarks in Alaska in 2008, and a related Earth Day story.  Our studied readers might be interested in this invitation to hear Dr. Lomborg speak in Florida.  We attended one of these Oxford Club conferences in Vancouver and highly recommend it--especially with Lomborg's contribution this year.  -dh All of our readers should consider [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:52-09:00January 6th, 2014|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-5-14 Oil Tax Advocates To Begin “Baying At The Moon”

ADN Op-Ed, by Paul Jenkins.  With the new year, those desperate to return to a failed oil tax system that promotes a huge government rip-off will begin baying at the moon in earnest to get their way at the expense of Alaska's future.  Given their previous record, they will be more than willing -- even eager -- to fudge facts or spin their own. They like ever-bigger government and more spending, no matter the long-term economic wreckage.  

By |2016-03-13T03:43:03-09:00January 5th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-4-14 Heimlich Named to “Top 100 in the Bioeconomy”

Airlines for America Chief Economist John Heimlich (NGP Photo) was recognized as a pioneer in renewable energy and biofuels. Heimlich was named one of the "Top 100 People in the Bioeconomy" as voted by the readers of Biofuels Digest and the publication’s editorial board. BiofuelsDigest.com (12/31).  Heimlich is also Chairman Emeritus and a board member of Consumer Energy Alliance.

By |2016-03-13T03:43:03-09:00January 4th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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