August 2018 - Northern Gas Pipelines

8-31-18

Premier Rachel Notley pulls Alberta out of federal climate plan over Trans Mountain ruling CBC.ca ... The $7.4-billion Trans Mountain expansion would double the capacity of a pipeline that transports Alberta petroleum products to the West Coast. 'Albertans are angry': Read Rachel Notley's full address - CBC.ca Full Coverage 'It's going to rally everybody': Calgary business community vows to keep fighting in wake of Trans ... Calgary Herald ... Calgary's business community reacted with a mixture of dismay and resolve Thursday as a court ruling put the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline. WEEKEND LNG UPDATES: Click here for LNG Update subscription Yamal [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-31T13:31:13-09:00August 31st, 2018|Global Warming|0 Comments

8-30-18 Rampant Cronyism Both Here and Abroad

Cordova Times: Sweeney sworn in for top BIA post Tara Mac Lean Sweeney, an Inupiat businesswoman who most recently served as executive vice president of external affairs with Arctic Slope Regional Corp., has been sworn in as the first Alaska Native woman to serve as Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Indian Affairs. ... Sweeney, a lifetime member of the National Congress of American Indians, was crowned Miss NCAI in 1993. ... Sweeney’s husband Kevin Sweeney, a former aide to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is the owner of Six-7 Strategies. Alaska Public [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-31T07:23:46-09:00August 30th, 2018|Crony Capitalism|0 Comments

8-25-18 The Venezuelan Tragedy

Esmeraldas We frequently address the Venezuelan tragedy because of its similarities to socialist trends in North America and the effect socialism has on energy investment/employment, wealth production, wealth control, wealth distribution, general prosperity and widespread tragedy. -dh A half decade ago, I wrote about an experience with refugees in Northwestern Ecuador. Here is that Facebook entry: FACEBOOK, Esmeraldas area. January, 2013. Images from minority barrios in extreme, Northern Ecuador, for use in documenting plight of some 200,000 refugees. Most subjects are Afro-Columbian refugees and some are Afro-Ecuadorian citizens. Clients [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-27T08:24:27-09:00August 25th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

8-23-18 China Sends Alaska LNG Conflicting Signals & ALASKANOMICS

(We are grateful for the effort former Alaska Gasline Federal Coordinator, Larry Persily (Photo), devotes to consolidating LNG news relevant to Alaska. It remains available and searchable in our archives, thanks to him. -dh) Oil and gas news briefs for Aug. 23, 2018 China sends confusing signals for tariffs on U.S. LNG, crude oil (Radio Free Asia; Aug. 20) - China has sown confusion in international energy markets after reconsidering plans to slap tariffs on U.S. crude and liquefied natural gas. The conflicting signals reflect Beijing's uncertainty about the [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-23T11:35:19-09:00August 23rd, 2018|AGDC, AIDEA, Alaskanomics, China, Interior Energy Project (IEP), LNG, Trump Administration Energy Initiatives|0 Comments

8-22-18 Alaskans: Join A Trade Mission to Mongolia!

Our Friend, Debbie Franklin in Anchorage's Department of Commerce export assistance office sends us today this invitation to do business in Mongolia: For our Alaska readers: Expand your business into Mongolia! Alaska and Mongolia share similar geography, Arctic climate, isolated rural population and a vast mineral wealth. These commonalities and the similar challenges both face, allow for a better understanding of each other. Mongolia is a stable democracy sandwiched between China and Russia, and is supportive of the U.S. Alaska and Mongolia have formalized their relationship through two programs. [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-22T13:50:26-09:00August 22nd, 2018|Alaskanomics, China, LNG|0 Comments

8-20-18

Finally, Alaska politicians may realize that a state government risks much by trying to negotiate fairly with ChiComs.... China Reportedly Probed Alaskan Networks Ahead of Governor's Trade Mission Government Technology. The state's Department of Natural Resources is a key state agency involved in the Alaska LNGproject that helps oversee the oil and gas industry. Story from Alaska Public Media by Rashah McChesney. ... (Priscilla Moriuchi is) the Director of Strategic Threat Development and supervises the team at Recorded Future that put out a report on the surveillance. The report details evidence that computers at Tsinghua University [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-22T12:57:38-09:00August 20th, 2018|AGDC, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Arctic Policy, China, Coastal Management, ConocoPhillips, Global Warming, Interior Energy Project (IEP)|0 Comments

8-17-18

Let's Weigh In On Alaska's NPRA Willow Prospect! This Alert thankfully created by our friends at Resource Development Council of Alaska! (Note: A simple comment means much and only takes a few minuts. Let our readers be heard!) The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is now taking public comments for the Master Development Plan Environmental Impact Statement (MDP/EIS) for the Willow oil and gas prospect within the Bear Tooth Unit of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The MDP/EIS will analyze the environmental impacts and appropriate mitigation measures for the [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-17T08:35:49-09:00August 17th, 2018|NPR-A|0 Comments

8-16-18

Morningstar: CEA Warns Policymakers: U.S. Energy Production Mitigates Global Instability, Helps Transportation Consumers In a new report released today by Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the organization warns policymakers that recent geopolitical turmoil and global oil price instability could negatively affect U.S. consumers and one of the largest energy consuming industries in the United States, the transportation sector. Geopolitical events continue to directly affect global energy markets and will continue to do so in the U.S. if oil is transported into the country from foreign nations. Full story.... Relevant [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-16T13:13:52-09:00August 16th, 2018|LNG|0 Comments

8-14-18 Trouble In Canada’s Energy Sector

Oh Canada! Corbella: Saudi feud highlights Canada's lack of energy security Calgary Herald. “If you simply ask Quebecers — and most Canadians for that matter — 'Do you like or want pipelines? Or do you want oil in your life?' A clear majority … Your letters for Monday, Aug. 13 Calgary Herald. Friday, as I often do, I sat at my kitchen island to read the Herald; nice to lay it flat ... Page A10, the last page of the first section, showed people in Calgary, ... Re: “Trudeau's actions have helped fuel Saudi regime,” Licia Corbella, [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-14T06:45:08-09:00August 14th, 2018|AGDC, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Canadian Energy Policy, China, Commentary, LNG|0 Comments

8-13-18: DOI Set To IMPROVE Operation of Endangered Species Act for Species & Citizens … China Says Alaska LNG Deal In Doubt

Op-Ed: At Interior, We’re Ready To Bring The Endangered Species Act Up To Date Dep. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt The Washington Post Aug. 9, 2018 A modern vision of conservation is one that uses federalism, public-private partnerships and market-based solutions to achieve sound stewardship. These approaches, combined with sensible regulations and the best available science, will achieve the greatest good in the longest term. Last month, the Trump administration took this approach to bringing our government’s implementation of the Endangered Species Act into the 21st century. [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-13T08:22:10-09:00August 13th, 2018|AGDC, AIDEA, BP, China, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Trump Administration Energy Initiatives|0 Comments

8-12-18

Corbella: Trudeau's actions have helped fuel and fund Saudi aggression The $15-billion pipeline, which would have carried Alberta oil to New Brunswick refineries, was axed by TransCanada after the Trudeau government ...

By wpnorthern|2018-08-12T12:21:12-09:00August 12th, 2018|Competition, Fracking, Global Warming|0 Comments

8-8-18 Will Alaskans Let A CABAL Kill Their Economy?

Killing Alaska's Pioneering State Economy by Dave Harbour Here is a grassroots program designed to kill 49th state free enterprise. This socialist feat is accomplished by creating an Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal model with insufficient means of sustaining itself in the free market. It reflects the same thinking that permits current Alaskan leadership to ignore prudent budgeting during a fiscal crisis while attempting to marry Alaska's future with Chinese Communist energy and finance companies in consummating an as yet infeasible LNG project. We don't know whether to label such leadership "narcissistic", "naively well [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-11T11:39:43-09:00August 8th, 2018|AGDC, Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alternate Energy, Arctic Policy, China, Coastal Management, Columnists, Commentary, Crony Capitalism, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Global Warming, LNG, What The Other Side Is Up To|0 Comments

8-6-18 Energy: World – Alaska – Canada

MONDAY'S Energy News: Newly Implemented Louisiana Legislation Seeks to Protect Critical Infrastructure Top news of the week July 30 • LNG Croatia extends terminal capacity bidding round deadline • NYK conducts LNG carrier crisis-response drill • ConocoPhillips sells Barnett shale interest • NLNG seeking constructors for new BOG compressor • Japanese quartet partners up on LNG bunkering • US LNG exports flat on week • Höegh LNG closes financing for ninth FSRU • Harvey Gulf names new board Canada Slow-motion showdown continues on banks of Shubenacadie River CBC.ca But [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-06T11:45:19-09:00August 6th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

8-3-18 Friday Musings

Friday Musings: Commentary: Nakedness We are extremely disappointed with republican Kevin Myer and Alaska's current democrat lieutenant governor for their continuing support of Governor Bill Walker's socialized LNG export scheme. For years we have provided evidence that in wake of lower shale-induced gas prices and extensive LNG export competition the producers have been right in proclaiming that, for an Alaska North Slope gas export project, "now is not the time". Alaska's mostly tidewater based competitors do not have to include the cost of a massive, 800 mile Arctic gas pipeline. [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-03T15:06:26-09:00August 3rd, 2018|AGDC, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Commentary, Government Waste, LNG|0 Comments

8-2-18 Today’s Alaska LNG Project Realities

Today's Alaska LNG Project Realities Sinopec drops interest in managing AK LNG construction Alaskajournal.com The company has dropped its interest in managing construction of the Alaska LNG Project after traveling the 800-mile route through the state in May. LNG projects ramp up in response to growing market Alaskajournal.com Qatar plans to expand its LNG capacity by 23 million tonnes by 2023 ... Much closer to Alaska, Shell and its partners in LNGCanada are expected to ... OPINION: Trump is playing to win. Are Republicans? Alaskajournal.com The possible impact on the ultimate price of the Alaska LNGProject has been tossed around as [...]

By wpnorthern|2018-08-02T10:51:36-09:00August 2nd, 2018|AIDEA, Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), LNG|0 Comments