3-13-17 Prudhoe Discovery Heightens Saudi Anxiety - N. Korea Could Heighten Alaska/US Anxiety

3-13-17 Prudhoe Discovery Heightens Saudi Anxiety – N. Korea Could Heighten Alaska/US Anxiety

Saudi Arabia: “Game Over, Man”

By Christian DeHaemer
Written Monday, March 13, 2017

“My grandfather rode a Camel, my father rode a Camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a Camel.”

— Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum

The Mother Lode

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Over the weekend, Repsol SA announced a giant find onshore in Alaska. Some 1.2 billion barrels of oil have been discovered on the North Slope, marking the biggest onshore discovery in the U.S. in three decades. Production could start as soon as 2021.

Combine that with tight oil production, and Saudi Arabia can no longer control the price of oil. That’s a big deal.

We would add…

…to the guest commentary, left column, that if socialist-leaning democrats in the Alaska legislature continue THREATENING (i.e. even if the threats are phony) higher oil taxes, much of Alaska’s future energy potential will not be thought secure enough from government expropriation to fully exploit. -dh

11-22-15 Washington Times Commentary by Dave Harbour, “Fishing on the Korean DMZ”

From ADN:

Could North Korea actually hit Alaska with a missile?

ADN: Recent missile tests by North Korea raise the urgency of what some Alaskans may wonder: Could the world’s most unpredictable rogue leader land a missile in Alaska?

It’s another risk the Alaska oil industry must consider. The answer to the above question — from our own DMZ experience and watching North Korea’s steady disregard for UN anti-nuclear resolutions — is that absent very decisive enforcement by the United States and her Asian allies, the Kim dictatorship will soon have the capability to hit our shores if it doesn’t already. (Ref: UN History of North Korean Resolutions & Sanctions)

See first hand testimony from current North Korean refugee.

(See our Washington Times Column: Fishing on the Korean DMZ, “The U.S. must stand its ground, and friend and foe should know it”) -dh

About the Author: wpnorthern

Dave Harbour, publisher of Northern Gas Pipelines, is a former Chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, a Commissioner Emeritus of NARUC, NARUC's Official Representative to IOGCC and Vice Chairman of NARUC's Gas Committee. He served as Gas Committee Chairman of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners. He also served as commissioner of the Anchorage Bicentennial Commission and the Anchorage Heritage Land Bank Commission. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree: English, at Colorado State University, a Master of Science Degree: Communications-Journalism at Murray State University and graduated from Utility Regulatory School for Commissioners at Michigan State University. He served as a Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs at Alaska Pacific University, taught bank marketing classes at the University of Alaska and was an English teacher at Los Alamos High School. Harbour served in ranks of Private - Captain during a 4-year assignment with the Army in Korea, Idaho, Georgia and Fort Meade and received the Meritorious Service Medal among other commendations. Harbour is also a past Chairman of the Alaska Council on Economic Education, the Alaska Oil & Gas Association Government Affairs Committee, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the Export Council of Alaska and the Department of Commerce's District Export Council. He is a past President of the Alaska Press Club, American Bald Eagle Foundation, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska and Common Sense for Alaska. Harbour was instrumental in founding the American Bald Eagle Research Institute (UAS), the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, the Downtown Anchorage Business Partnership, and Arctic Power. He also served as CEO of several small Alaska organizations, including the Anchorage Parking Authority and Action Security, Inc. Harbour is also Chairman Emeritus of the Alaska Oil & Gas Congress. Harbour's wife, Nancy, is a professional, performing arts administrator and his three boys, Todd, Benjamin and William work in the fields of environmental management, energy marketing and medicine.