1-15-16 Canada and Alaska Struggle With Conflicting Forces: Prosperity and Jobs vs. Nothing

Commentary by Dave Harbour on the eternal struggle between wealth producers and wealth takers. Canada struggles with the need for oil revenue countered by the political pressure to subjugate everything, and everyone, to the concept of global warming (excuse us....  "climate change").  See the articles below. Alaska struggles are also between those supporting jobs, good faith and fair dealing with antagonists like a state senator who believes that in a low crude oil price environment gasoline prices should be lower in Alaska than they are.   (See today's robust, Alaska Headlamp [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:43-09:00January 15th, 2016|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming|0 Comments
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1-14-16 ISIS Needs (FEARLESS) Oil Workers

Please enjoy Larry Persily's (NGP Photo) Alaska gas/LNG related links TODAY! From our anonymous Aussie energy analyst today, several points of interest re: oil and gas prices and the state of LNG..., and, ISIS NEEDS (FEARLESS) OIL AND GAS EMPLOYEES.... ADN by Yereth Rosen.  A coalition of environmental groups filed a motion Wednesday to intervene in support of the Interior Department’s decision to reject Royal Dutch Shell's request to extend its offshore Arctic leases. The groups filed their motion with the Interior Department’s Board of Land Appeals, an agency tasked with reviewing disputed department [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:43-09:00January 14th, 2016|Arctic Policy, Commentary, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-13-16 Getting Alaska’s Financial House In Order

(Yesterday Anchorage reader Meera Kohler (NGP Photo) told us about an error and Ottawa reader Tom Harris informed us of an addition to include.  We are always quick to make necessary changes.  For the 15-year life of NGP, we have asked readers to help us make this a valuable research resource.  Accuracy is critical and for your continuing help, we are grateful.  -dh) Alberta, Alaska's natural resource sister in Canada is facing it's own fiscal challenges.  The revered Fraser Institute says Alberta's problem has more to do with over spending than with low oil prices. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 13th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Commentary, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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1-12-16 Weak Energy, Etc. Policies = Lackluster Last State Of The Union Speech

Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  ... Seven Generations Energy Ltd., considered one of the bright lights of the Calgary oilpatch, announced it would postpone about $200 million of planned capital investment in 2016.... David Holt Commentary, FuelFix.  ...a second major oil company was forced to abandon plans to drill in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Alaska...for those who live close by..., the news is devastating. ON EVE OF AMERICA'S "STATE OF THE UNION" SPEECH, WE SEE A WEAKER NATION BECAUSE OF WHITE HOUSE ENERGY POLICIES After rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 12th, 2016|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-11-16

A New News and Policy Analyst In Town Describes A New Team Of Alaska Oil and Gas Exploration Companies Below we bring you excellent policy commentary on issues related to the Alaska gas monetization project, www.AkLNG.com, and the state's related fiscal crisis.  Alaska Headlamp also describes efforts by Alaska's Regional Native Corporations to explore for oil and gas in rural Alaska. We've monitored Alaska Headlamp in these pages since it appeared late last year.  Now, we officially welcome it to the public dialog!   Today's Alaska Headlamp analysis and commentary: New [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 11th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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1-10-16 Brennan Is Right About 2016: A Year Of Great Testing

Anchorage Daily Planet Full editorial here....  Posted: 10 Jan 2016 01:27 AM PST By Tom Brennan This will be a year of great testing for Alaska’s political leaders. If this state is going to dig its way out of the financial hole in which it finds itself, some incredibly important legislation must be passed and made law, legislation that will be unpalatable to many voters. And that electoral fete will have to be accomplished in an election year. Did you see our commentary yesterday: Gasline/LNG Project State Ownership Gamble, Greed Not Need? [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 10th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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1-9-16 Government Gasline Ownership Based On Greed Not Need?

SUBSCRIBE TO PETROLEUM NEWS.  Gara: AKLNG needs to stay the course.  House Rep. Les Gara  (NGP Photo) has been around for several plans to advance a natural gas pipeline and believes the state is on the right track, but adds there are unknown variables that could still derail future progress. The Anchorage Democrat who serves on the House Finance Committee says the state made the.... *     *     * Our Commentary.  We have a hunch that as time marches on, more and more legislators will conclude that [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 9th, 2016|Commentary, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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Yea for TransCanada! Prepare For The Alliance Tomorrow!

  Considering our editorial Tuesday, Tomorrow's ALLIANCE MEET ALASKA conference may be the year's most important meeting for readers living in/visiting Anchorage.  Agenda. Following Tuesday's editorial on the rating agencies' downgrades of Alaska's creditworthiness, see these reader comments by: an Alaska couple, an Alaska university professor, and our anonymous, Australian energy analyst friend (We hope his tough but realistic predictions are ameliorated by a successful TransCanada suit, as described below.  -dh Speaking of the Alliance (i.e. upper right), our Mid Atlantic anonymous energy analyst friend has this to say about the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 7th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-6-16

CBC.  Enbridge Inc. says flow on a pipeline through southwestern Ontario was shut down for several hours by protester activity near Cambridge, Ont. Spokesman Graham White says the protesters partially restricted flow on Enbridge Line 7 on Sunday night by tampering with a manual valve.

By |2016-03-13T03:43:28-09:00January 6th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-5-15 Alaska Is A Betting State – Aussie Oil & Gas Analyst Review & Outlook

You May Not Be A Betting Man or Woman, But Alaska Has Become A Betting State For years Alaska leaders have shunned warnings about overspending and being too dependent on volatile oil prices.  How many still think placing bets on the volatile gas market via equity ownership in an LNG project is wise? Commentary by Dave Harbour Today Standard & Poor's and Moody's credit rating agencies lowered the credit rating of the State of Alaska.   Here are today's Standard & Poor's and Moody's rating announcements. Here is Governor Bill [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 5th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-4-16 For Those Hoping To Sell Natural Gas

Our Mid-Atlantic energy analyst friend writes: The Browning World Climate Bulletin is the best source we have seen for weather forecasting. Copyright restrictions prevent us from sending the whole document along, but the following excerpts summarize the its outlook rather well (spoiler alert: This is not for the faint of heart if the reader is in the natural gas production business): ·        The cold pool in the North Atlantic is blocking the flow of the Gulf Stream and creating a positive NAO atmospheric pattern, which has superheated Eastern North America and warmed Western [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 4th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-3-16

ADN by Alex DeMarban.  What Are Alaska Politicians' New Year's Wishes?   www.danfagan.us.  Not trying to be cynical here but can someone please explain to me why Republican Sen. Kevin Meyer is demanding the average Alaskan give up more of their hard earned money via a new sales tax while at the same time state leaders for all practical purposes refuse to cut the bloated budget. I can see politicians like Meyer asking you for more of your cash if they had shown any kind of effort controlling state spending. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 3rd, 2016|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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1-2-16

Petroleum News by Eric Lidji.   Even decades after their discovery, and years past peak production, the Prudhoe Bay unit and Kuparuk River unit continue to be the two most active oil fields in Alaska. Although oil prices were drastically lower in 2015 than 2014, both units saw greatly increased drilling, according to Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission records.  (More for this story and other iweekly petroleum news)

By |2016-03-13T03:42:16-09:00January 2nd, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-1-16 New Opportunity and New Challenges For A New Year

Chris Nelson, in his CALGARY HERALD, piece explains why the energy industry is so essential to North American prosperity.  We are only amazed that these principles are not taught in the schools of both countries.  -dh ECONOMIC FREEDOM ON THE WANE IN THE LAST FRONTIER? (Alaska Headlamp) Posted on December 31, 2015 We always appreciate Headlamp's take on energy issues and this is another worthy opinion piece.   See our 12-17-15 commentary on the same subject. -dh Headlamp's Alaska Gasline response to Governor Walker's policy: "Walker said that where 2015 was Alaska’s 'year [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:27:44-09:00January 1st, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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