January 2017 - Northern Gas Pipelines

1-31-17 Federal Overreach Is Under Attack: Thank Goodness!

House Introduces Stream Protection Rule Repeal Under the Congressional Review Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Bill Johnson (R-OH), Evan Jenkins (R-WV) and David McKinley (R-WV) introduced H. J. Res. 38. This is a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act related to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) final Stream Protection Rule (SPR). During the rulemaking process, OSM shut out cooperative agencies – the states responsible for enforcing federal mining regulations – and ignored the existing regulatory success as the state and federal level. [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-31T11:26:59-09:00January 31st, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-30-17 The most important, least appreciated Alaska legislation of 2017?

Proposed Amendment To Improve Alaska's Constitutional Spending Limit Last Friday, Alaska state senator Mike Dunleavy filed a proposed amendment to the state's spending limit. Below is the news release explaining the amendment. Here is a link to the actual language of the amendment. -dh Amendment Proposed to Strengthen Constitutional Spending Limit Alaska State Senator Mike Dunleavy. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour JUNEAU, January 28, 2017 – An amendment to Alaska’s Constitution was introduced today that would – if approved by a majority of Alaska [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-02-02T09:48:53-09:00January 30th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Government Waste|0 Comments

1-26-17 Persily Tells It Like It Is

Judge orders removal of blockade against northern Alberta pipeline construction. CBC.ca. Métis protest construction of northern Alberta TransCanada gas pipeline ... CBC News calls to the president of the Chard Métis Society were not ... Larry Persily, former Alaska gas pipeline federal coordinator. NGP Photo by Dave Harbour. LNG Headlines From Former Alaska Gas Pipeline Federal Coordinator, Larry Persily Note: we hold Persily in great regard for his diligence and intellectual honesty. No matter who employs Persily, for the [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-26T10:12:59-09:00January 26th, 2017|AGDC, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary, Competition, Dakota Access Pipeline, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL, LNG|0 Comments

1-25-17 Trump is right. Dakota trespassers are wrong.

Trump’s move on Keystone XL, Dakota Access outrages activists. The Trump administration is pushing forward on plans for two major oil pipelines in the U.S., projects that sparked nationwide demonstrations and legal fights under .... Our comment: Obama disapproved Keystone for enviro-politics after State Department recommended approval. So called Dakota Access "activists" include enviro-activists and are trespassing on federal land. Pipeline ROW is not on Indian land. Pipeline ROW is on private land. This is about the public interest and rule of law vs. private interests and anarchy. -dh

By wpnorthern|2017-01-25T09:51:03-09:00January 25th, 2017|Commentary, Dakota Access Pipeline, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Keystone XL, Rule Of Law, Trump Administration Energy Initiatives|0 Comments

1-24-17 President Trump Trumps Obama’s Pipeline Blocks

Courtesy: The Des Moines Register Video Alert: President Trump plans to sign executive orders reviving the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, which had been stalled under the Obama administration.... ______________ Oh...and we note that on the Canadian side of the border the pipeline access challenges drag on as special interests seek advantage at the expense of the public interest. -dh Métis protest construction of northern Alberta TransCanada LNGpipeline ___________________________________________________________

By wpnorthern|2017-01-24T09:19:41-09:00January 24th, 2017|Dakota Access Pipeline, Dakota Access Pipeline, Interstate Gas, Keystone XL, Notes From the Road, Trump Administration Energy Initiatives, You Read It Here First|0 Comments

1-21-17 Consultant supports gas project infeasibility we have repeatedly addressed here

Nikos Tsafos. NGP File Photo by Dave Harbour AP by Becky Bohrer. A legislative consultant has raised red flags about Alaska taking the lead on a major proposed liquefied natural gas project, even as Gov. Bill Walker has said he is comfortable with it. In a recent report to lawmakers, consultant Nikos Tsafos outlined challenges threatening the project's potential for success. They include a competitive market and a laundry list of tasks the state will need to achieve, such as finding buyers, insulating itself from cost overruns [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-26T06:52:18-09:00January 21st, 2017|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary|0 Comments

1-19-17 We have been traveling and will soon update these pages

We thank our patient readers for bearing with us as we travel this week. We'll have you and our archives updated just as soon as we can! -dh

By wpnorthern|2017-01-23T11:45:27-09:00January 19th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-18-17 Projects That Government Could Have Killed

Journal of Commerce, by Andrew Jensen. We aren’t hearing much from the opponents of the 2013 oil tax reform lately. Facts tend to get in the way of rhetorical hyperbole, and it appears that reality has finally caught up with Democrats and Gov. Bill Walker, who collectively agitated for the repeal Senate Bill 21 in a 2014 voter referendum. Losing that fight didn’t end the debate, however. Nor did the undisputed evidence from Walker’s own Revenue Department that SB 21 was bringing in more money than the previous [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-23T11:41:58-09:00January 18th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-13-17 AGDC Has Questions To Answer

Alaska Dispatch News: AGDC has long, and potentially costly, to-do list as it takes over LNG project

By wpnorthern|2017-01-13T08:29:48-09:00January 15th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

ConocoPhillips this morning announced a new Alaska North Slope discovery! … With Massive Subsidy The Fairbanks, Alaska LNG/Gas Distribution Project Struggles On

ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. today announced a new oil discovery in the Greater Mooses Tooth (GMT) Unit located in the northeast portion of the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPRA). Here’s a link to the full release Quick reference from the release: The Willow discovery wells, Tiŋmiaq 2 and 6, were drilled in early 2016 and encountered 72 feet and 42 feet of net pay, respectively, in the Brookian Nanushuk formation. ConocoPhillips has a 78 percent working interest in the discovery and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation holds a 22 percent interest. [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-13T10:27:23-09:00January 13th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Intrastate Gas, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments

1-12-17 We Value Tim Bradner’s Analysis

Is the ANS gas glass half full or half empty? by Dave Harbour Tim Bradner has a long history with the Alaska oil and gas business. With his brother, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Bradner, he brings to his clear-eyed journalism a sharp and accurate political perspective. Tim Bradner. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour His ADN article today illustrates Bradner's grasp of Alaska's current Alaska North Slope (ANS) gas challenge, "Alaska Needs Options For Its Natural Gas". Sadly, Alaska is truly [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-12T11:46:37-09:00January 12th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-11-17

From Ak-Headlamp. At a Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the Carlson Center, senior vice president of Caelus Energy's Alaska operations Pat Foley, nudged Chamber members to contact their legislators and ask for a consistent oil-tax-credit program that encourages investment in the North Slope. "It's a dour time, but I'm optimistic," Foley told Chamber members, "and I think in the next five years, we're going to see that pipeline-training facility full." Foley said the North Slope must remain a vibrant business environment for Caelus to be successful, and legislators should work toward "a tax policy that is [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-11T12:53:17-09:00January 11th, 2017|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments

1-9-17 Honest Energy Folks Should Beware of Socialists

Dear Friends: Our long term readers know that this webpage was born over 15 years ago, when certain special interests sought to demonize some Alaskan and some Canadian energy interests. One of our secondary goals has been to facilitate greater diplomacy and understanding among citizens of both countries -- in support of both separate and joint energy projects. Hopefully, the sort of blog entry we have today will lead us ever closer to greater understanding among citizens of the two countries. -dh "...because that's where the [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-09T13:35:10-09:00January 9th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary, Competition, Energy East Pipeline, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Fracking, Global Warming, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Keystone XL, LNG, Mackenzie Valley Oil & Gas Pipelines|0 Comments

1-6-17 Gas Pipeline Logic

Today's Headline From Argus: "State Agency Takes Over Troubled Alaska LNG Project". Today's Logic: if some of the largest energy investors in the world (i.e. BP, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil) believe now is not the time for an Alaska North Slope gas export project, why would a state bureaucracy (i.e. Governor) enmeshed in fiscal crisis hang on for dear life to an economically infeasible, multi-hundred million dollar, risky, volatile, commodity-based, private-sector energy project -- when consumer-friendly, low LNG/gas prices and over supply continue to dominate gas markets? "Hope" is often the [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-06T12:50:50-09:00January 6th, 2017|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments

1-1-17 Alaska’s Economic Outlook: 2017

Courtesy: Alaska Business Monthly Alaska Economic Outlook 2017 'Bright, if...' Greg Wolf, Executive Director, World Trade Center Anchorage (Serving all of Alaska) joins a couple dozen other Alaska leaders with assessments of the 2017 Economic Outlook for Alaska. Greg Wolf, Executive Director, World Trade Center Anchorage (Serving all of Alaska) joins a couple dozen other Alaska leaders with assessments of the 2017 Economic Outlook for Alaska. COMPOSITE PHOTO BY JUDY PATRICK PHOTOGRAPHY & DAVID GEIGER, ABM ART DIRECTOR ALASKA BUSINESS MONTHLY From the Editor Happy New Year! We [...]

By wpnorthern|2017-01-04T15:40:04-09:00January 1st, 2017|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary|0 Comments