2-12-14 Alaska LNG Challenges

Alliance Profile: M-I SWACO a Schlumberger Company: From Drilling through Production, Focused on our Customers Alaska LNG Project Faces Market Challenges...And Political Challenges Competition Perspectives: Part I (Part II, Part III) by  Dave Harbour Alaska and Mackenzie Delta producers are eyeing LNG exports to Asia as this generation's best option for monetizing Arctic gas.   Previous generations were close: with the Arctic Gas project in the 1970s (i.e. including TransCanada); displaced by the Alcan project in the 1980s (i.e. vigorously opposed by TransCanada); and the Alaska Highway gas pipeline project given new life with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:42-09:00February 12th, 2014|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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2-11-14 – Senator Murkowski Gives NARUC Policy Speech TODAY

For our Canadian readers: Want to become a temporary member of the National Energy Board in Calgary?  Knowing several of the Members and the Board's mission, we can say it would be both a high honor and experience of a lifetime to serve!  -dh This morning, Keith Kohl wrote a column for Energy and Capital revealing that the Lower 48 may be looking more closely at Alaska.  He said, in part, "We've become a nation of spoiled children when it comes to energy.  This is particularly true for those of us [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:49-09:00February 11th, 2014|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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2-10-14 Has Alaska Become A Place Where “A Deal Is A Deal”?

Part I: Has Alaska Become A Place Where A Deal Is A Deal?   (Part II, Part III) In August, we'll find out Commentary by Dave Harbour   Today's Anchorage Daily News contains a 'news' article describing how Alaskan oil companies are "pouring" millions of dollars into an effort to stop repeal of the State's oil tax reform law. Citizens should be applauding the companies for upholding a law approved less than a year ago by Alaska's Governor and a majority of the elected representatives of the people.  A number of groups representing [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:50-09:00February 10th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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2-9-14 ConocoPhillips: Paying twice what it keeps from Alaska operations

Petroleum News by Eric Lidji (NGP Photo).   For the fourth quarter, ConocoPhillips earned $555 million in Alaska, up from the seasonally lower third quarter, but down from the same period during the previous year on declining production. The company paid nearly $1 billion in obligations during the quarter, which vice president finance, ConocoPhillips Alaska Vice President of Finance Bob Heinrich attributed to the outgoing Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share fiscal system. “The fourth quarter of 2013 is similar to what we have seen historically under ACES where we pay [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:50-09:00February 9th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-8-14 Shell’s Loss is Alaska’s Loss

Bristol Bay Times by Jim Paulin.  Royal Dutch Shell's new chief executive said last week that the company is shelving its Alaska exploration program, at least for this year, a move that will impact the economy of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor. ... Unalaska served as Shell's base in 2011 and 2012, as the nearest port with year-round open water and well-developed port facilities, despite being about 1,000 miles from the offshore oil prospects to the north in the Arctic Ocean. "It's a pretty substantial hit," said Tom Enlow, of Unisea, which operates the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:50:58-09:00February 9th, 2014|Arctic Policy|0 Comments
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2-7-14 Murkowski Featured on Fox News

Commentary: Yesterday, Alaska's Deputy Commissioner of Revenue, Bruce Tangeman (NGP Photo), provided updates on the, "More Alaska Production Act & Gasline Heads of Agreement".  Here is the video and a link to the presentation .pdf.  --  In a similar vein, yesterday we were queried by a Lower 48 oil and gas publication on challenges we perceive Governor Parnell faces.  See our response, below.  See EIA Comment.  -dh Juneau Empire Op-Ed by Rep. Eric Feige (NGP Photo).  As Sen. Mark Begich and Rep. Andy Josephson have recently opined about the Pebble Mine, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:50-09:00February 7th, 2014|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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2-6-14

Washington Times Commentator Robert Skinner wonders if Obama is breaking US-Canada tradition of energy cooperation.  See our earlier report of Robert Dillon's Keystone analysis.  -DH The Pebble Partnership (PLP) this week announced that Pebble CEO John Shively (NGP Photo) will assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors—a move that allows Shively to be a part of the strategic leadership team for advancing the project. With this move, PLP is appointing Tom Collier to the position of CEO for the company.  (Read more here.) VIDEO LEFT (audio link): Yesterday [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:50-09:00February 6th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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2-5-14 Murkowski Grills Obama Nominees, Gets Development Commitment

  Calgary Herald by David Marsden. ... What we are quibbling about is the depths of Obama’s hypocrisy.  The Keystone XL pipeline would not add to the United States’ consumption of oil. From the U.S. House Resource Committee re: Threat to Half Of America's Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts Today the House will act on legislation to provide relief to farmers and help return water flows to the Central Valley.  (See our earlier story of the effect of national energy policy on California and Colorado food production.  -dh)  Fuel Fix.  Former [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:50-09:00February 5th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-4-14 Senator Murkowski’s Energy Committee Spokesman Analyzes O’Reilly/Obama Super Bowl Interview

Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner.  Flint Hills Resources will cease refining operations at its North Pole refinery near Fairbanks this spring, the company announced Tuesday in a press release. Senate Energy Committee Spokesman, Robert Dillon, this morning provided us with an analysis of Keystone XL Pipeline labor benefits discussed during Bill O'Reilly's Super Bowl interview with President Barack Obama.  (Dillon's analysis follows:) In September 2009, President Obama declared, “I will not rest until anybody who’s looking for a job can find one – and I’m not talking about [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:50:47-09:00February 4th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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2-3-14 – Arctic Gas Leadership

Globe and Mail by Brent Jang.  Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod (NGP Photo) says the key to reviving dormant plans for the Mackenzie Valley pipeline will be to transport natural gas from the Arctic into British Columbia instead of Alberta.  Private-sector proponents of the Mackenzie line consider the NWT project to be currently uneconomic, based on market conditions of plentiful gas supplies in North America. Arctic Gas Leadership by Dave Harbour We have much respect for the 12th Premier of the Northwest Territories, Bob McLeod, and for his dedicated leadership of a huge, 440,000 square mile area that is about [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:50-09:00February 3rd, 2014|Arctic Policy, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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2-2-14

From the office of Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) TODAY:  What the President Failed to Mention in His Address On Tuesday, January 28th, President Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address. “The president spoke a lot about his ‘year of action’, but what is significant in his speech is what he failed to mention,”​ said Hastings on Tuesday following the president's speech. “There was no mention tonight of the thousands of employees who have lost their employer-provided health care coverage or had their take home pay cut as [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:49:36-09:00February 2nd, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-1-14

CBC.  Ever since Stephen Harper called American approval of the $5.4-billion pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast a "no-brainer" back in September 2011, a lot has been riding on the eventual vindication of the prime minister's thinking.

By |2016-03-13T03:49:06-09:00February 1st, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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