Julie Hasquet of BP alerts us that lifelong Alaskan and long-time BP Alaska employee Frank Paskvan was honored at UAF Friday night with the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award. We add our congratulations, having heard him speak a number of times on the importance of Alaska's North Slope energy assets, including gas hydrates.
JD SUPRA BUSINESS ADIVSOR. Shortly after finalizing its revised procedures for reviewing pending liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) export applications, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued final authorizations for two facilities to export LNG to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement with the United States (“non-FTA countries”). *** The DOE’s revised procedures apply only to exports from the lower-48 states and explicitly exclude Alaska, given the potential utility of issuing conditional authorizations for unique Alaskan projects. More here.....