10-20-15 Senator Murkowski Rightly Hits Interior Department’s Alaska Policies

THIS MORNING: Senator Murkowski Hit Interior Hard For Opposing Alaska's Survival As An Independent State... (...and we agree with her entire statement!) U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, today convened an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to consider six nominees for the Department of Energy and Department of the Interior. Murkowski used her opening statement to lay out a litany of anti-Alaska actions by Interior, expressing frustration with those decisions and observing that the department is “destroying the hopes” of countless Alaskans.    Click photo for video “The Interior Department’s record has been [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:58-09:00October 20th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-19-15 CLIMATE CHANGE EDITORIAL: KILLING CAPITALISM?

Killing Capitalism?   Have several oil and gas CEOs now joined the enviro-governmental-industrial cabal? Commentary prepared on Friday, October 16, 2015 by Dave Harbour Today, we have what is to us a disturbing announcement by some of the globe's largest oil and gas companies.   They have formed a new consortium.  Not to build a pipeline.  Not to develop an oil and gas reservoir.  Not to permit a new LNG facility.  No, these companies have formed a new consortium to support a conflicting interest, the "Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)".   We can imagine [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 19th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Personal|0 Comments
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10-17-15 Alaska Gas Pipeline Timeline

Gas Pipeline Timeline Fairbanks News Miner Herb Butler See our Alaska and Canada gas pipeline history links here.... 1976: The U.S. Congress passed the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act in an effort to encourage the construction of a gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to the Lower 48. 1980: A Right-Of-Way license was issued by the Federal Energy Regulation Commission to the Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Company. In 2008, that license was voluntarily withdrawn. There are many conflicting opinions why this effort failed to deliver fuel gas to a large U.S. market. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 17th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-16-15 ENERGY DAY TOMORROW IN HOUSTON!

  To our Houston readers  AND those with families and friends in Houston: Mobilize the family and go downtown to ENERGY DAY, TOMORROW! Friday Afternoon Breaking News Bishop: Interior Arctic Lease Cancellation Plays into Russia’s Hands   WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on the announcement made today by the U.S. Department of the Interior that it will cancel the two potential Arctic offshore lease sales scheduled under the current five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program for 2012-2017: “I am disappointed [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 16th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-15-15

Enviro-Activists Have Created A War Against Civilization--Throughout North America!  -dh We comment on today's blog by our Aussie O&G Analyst friend: Remember Governor Walker's recent trip to Japan (Very productive and groundbreaking...NOT; the Japanese will happily consider buying Alaska's gas 1) at the right price, and 2) if Alaska gas can be transported to Japan.  But should Alaska market its royalty gas or let the experienced producers do it?  Will Japan need gas when Alaska's project is complete?  How can Alaska's gas project be sanctioned if the Governor refuses to support [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 15th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal|0 Comments
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10-14-15 Gasline Board of Directors Meeting Friday

We encourage interested readers to attend in person or by streaming web video, the monthly meeting of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Board meeting.  Here are the specifics, courtesy of our friends at Alaska Business Monthly: The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) Board of Directors will meet on October 16, 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska at the AGDC corporate office, Calais Building One, 3201 C Street. The meeting will be held in the AGDC Board Room, Suite 604 and convene at 9:00 am. The public is invited to attend in person [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 14th, 2015|LNG|0 Comments
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10-13-15 ConocoPhillips Feeds New Kuparuk Oil Into The Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)

FERC has full workload with LNG export projects" by Larry Persily ​(NGP Photos: Larry Persily (L) and FERC Commissioner Tony Clark) Be a part of the Alaska Support Industry Allance's Annual MEET ALASKA conference in January.  Here's how! ConocoPhillips Adds New Oil to the Trans Alaska Pipeline Yesterday, ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. announced that Kuparuk Drill Site 2S (DS2S photo) began producing oil, under budget and ahead of schedule. The project was approved for funding in October 2014, and production was originally expected in December. This is the first new drill site at Kuparuk [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 13th, 2015|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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10-12-15 International LNG Market Turmoil Makes Government Support Critical

The Alaskan & Canadian LNG Sagas Continue Amid International Market Turmoil   Commentary by Dave Harbour   From our mid-Atlantic oil and gas analyst friend comes his comment on two articles addressing the global LNG market.     Commentary: As chance would have it, our Aussie oil and gas analyst friend also commented on the Bloomberg article noted column-right, and below is his comment on LNG competition.   These two observations from two different parts of the world, from two objective observers, should sober up some of our Alaskan and Canadian public [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 12th, 2015|Commentary, LNG|0 Comments
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10-11-15 Alaska Governor Continues Career-long “Brawl” With Alaska Oil Industry

Alaska Governor Continues Career-long "Brawl" With Alaska Oil Industry ADN, Op-Ed by Paul Jenkins, Anchorage Daily Planet.  If reasoned leadership in this state sold for $1 billion a gram, we would have to scratch like chickens in a dusty barnyard to come up with a penny’s worth. If we could peddle ineptitude for a dime a ton, we would be rich. Let’s review: Our Swiss cheese fiscal ship is belly-up and sinking like a stone. Alaska suffered a $3.5 billion deficit last year; it faces $3 billion in red ink [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 11th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG|0 Comments
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10-10-15 Taking A Hike Without A Map

Petroleum News by Steve Quinn.  House Speaker Mike Chenault (NGP Photo) says he’s ready to come back to Juneau for a special session addressing two developments on the state’s pursuit of a natural gas pipeline and an LNG export facility. But the Nikiski Republican adds that he remains in the dark on Gov. Bill Walker’s plans....  (Comments: Citizens should be embarrassed for and ashamed of a governor that calls a special session of the legislature and does not accompany that call with proposed legislation.  Even if the governor provided draft bills [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:59-09:00October 10th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG|0 Comments
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10-8-15 Is Alaska LNG Project Risk Understated? Should Government Take The Risk?

Between an overreaching governor who seems intent on commanding if not socializing Alaska's energy industry, and a President who seems intent on crippling if not shutting down Alaska's energy industry freedom is threatened on America's Last Frontier.  Today we explore why this is so.  -dh To our hundreds of Canadian readers: We apologize for the lack of news directly affecting you today; but we must focus on an Alaska Governor who exhibits a certain hubris impacting both the energy industry and Alaska's future.  You may find object lessons which also apply on [...]

By |2018-08-19T14:30:01-09:00October 9th, 2015|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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10-8-15 Native Corporation Aggressively Explores Interior Alaska

Quote of the day from our Aussie O&G analyst friend: ...from an anonymous letter circulating in Saudi Arabia, said to be written by an unhappy faction of princes: “We will not be able to stop the draining of money, the political adolescence, and the military risks unless we change the methods of decision making, even if that implied changing the king himself.”  (Our Note: between this, Amerca's poor leadership and Russia's Mid-East adventure, oil and gas prices may not be in a week what we believe they will be today.  -dh) Today: [...]

By |2017-07-30T06:24:07-09:00October 8th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-7-15 Enbridge Commits Cash

Calgary Herald by Bloomberg's Jeremy Van Bloom.   Enbridge Inc., Canada’s largest oil pipeline operator, plans to spend $38 billion through 2019 on new projects including liquids and natural gas lines, as well as power generation and gas processing, chief executive Al Monaco said. “We have so many opportunities, but many come with a higher degree of risk,” he said during an presentation to investors Wednesday in Toronto. Enbridge’s previous spending plan lasted from 2014 to 2018 and had $44 billion of projects. Enbridge is focusing on expanding “low-cost, incremental” [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:15-09:00October 7th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-7-15 Natural Gas Prices Likely To Remain Depressed Through Q2, 2016

Juneau Empire by Elwood Brehmer.  Gov. Bill Walker’s proposal to increase the state’s share in the Alaska LNG Project could put Alaska on the hook for more than $14 billion....   Alaska Natural Resources Department Reserves Stream Water For Environmental Activists -- For The First Time!     Is EPA A Lawless Agency? We are sorry to hear today that our friend and former Alaskan, FERC Commissioner Phil Moeller, will be leaving the agency at the end of this month.  However, FERC's loss, in our opinion, will be another organization's gain. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:00-09:00October 7th, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-6-15 Alaska Project Targeted By Rogue EPA

Here is a piece we have posted in the last 24 hours on our NGP Facebook and Twitter pages re: Alaska's economic future. Today's Wall Street Journal Editorial: "A new report takes apart the EPA’s veto of a mining project" (Thanks for the tip, Dan Kish.)     In an accompanying piece the WSJ notes: Our columnist Bret Stephens writes that at the President’s Friday press conference, Mr. Obama described alternatives to his Syria policy as “mumbo-jumbo,” “half-baked ideas,” and “as-if” solutions. “So it is with this president. It’s not enough for him to stake and defend his [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:00-09:00October 6th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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