Lisa Murkowski, US Senator Lisa Murkowski, Sally Jewell, Interior Department, secretary, King Cove, ANWR, NPRAYesterday, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), questioned the nominee to be the next Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, about her commitment to return balance to the various missions of the department.  "Balance" would include recognizing importance of energy development, multiple use and consideration for the livelihoods and safety of citizens.  See her full opening statement here, and the full video of the hearing here.
Instate Gasline Competition
by 
Dave Harbour
 
In the 1970’s powerful energy consortia fought over Arctic gas pipeline routes tapping Alaska North Slope (ANS) and Canadian Mackenzie Delta gas reserves.  Hundreds of millions of dollars of gas pipeline investment was written off as natural gas prices fizzled in the early 80s.
 
Until gas prices began to show recovery a decade ago, the great gasline competition lay in dormancy.  Then, with rising prices, other consortia took shape and competition began anew between ANS Gas producers and TransCanada, — all of whom are veterans of the 1970s-era gas wars.
 
Just as competing parties began to coordinate their efforts to move Alaska gas south, prices again began to falter as the new, oil & gas shale phenomenon erupted almost out of nowhere: another game changer that stopped big, Arctic gasline project planning in its tracks.
 
Now, gas producers are looking more seriously at foreign markets that import LNG rather than US markets whose natural gas appetite is being fully satisfied by Canadian and Lower 48 domestic production.

A big, export gas project, which could provide royalties and taxes to Alaska, must also be understood in context of  today’s Alaska in-state gas competition.    (Continued on Monday….)

Valdez Star by  Lee Revis.   …    Taylor Bickford of public relations firm Strategies 360 has also begun preliminary work for the city (Valdez). Bickford gave the council a briefing on a community meeting in Seward he attended that was hosted by members of the ASAP project team.
 
“There was quite a bit of misinformation that was put out,” Bickford told city officials.
 
His criticisms of the ASAP presentation included, but was not limited to, what he described as giving the impression to attendees that the ASAP line was actually in full-swing, and virtually unstoppable; glossed over the fact that prices for many Alaskans purchasing the gas would actually cost more than current supplies; and giving the impression the MVP project is not actually feasible. He also said Valdez as a city was portrayed as greedy.
 
(Comment: we struggle to understand how the above "impressions" are evidence of "misinformation".  -dh)

Leslye Langla, AGDC, Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, Bullet Line, Seward, Valdez

Seward Phoenix Log by Heidi Zemach.  A spokesperson for the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. gave a compelling argument in Seward Feb. 26 for the proposed Alaska Stand Alone Gas Pipeline and its positive implications for Seward. The in-state pipeline project, dubbed ASAP, is currently in its design and engineering phase and is sometimes referred to as the “bullet line.’ …  The pipeline would require more than 337,000 tons of steel which could potentially be shipped through the port of Seward, said AGDC spokesperson Leslye Langla (NGP Photo). They’re seeking a year-round, ice-free harbor with a friendly environment. Several other Alaska ports also are interested in this aspect of the project, she added.

Col Dave Harbour, Colonel Dave Harbour, American Wild Turkey Federation, Sports Afield, Turkey Call, Advanced Wild Turkey Hunting and World Records, Hunting the American Wild Turkey

 

Point of Personal Privilege, another accolade for your author’s father: The Sultan of Turkey Slams: Colonel Dave Harbour … 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huffpost British Columbia.  Premier Christy Clark says she has been working with B.C. media mogul David Black on his proposal to build a massive oil refinery near Kitimat on the north coast.

See the Video: Yesterday’s presentation to the Resource Development Council for Alaska on the Endangered Species Act in Alaska by Geoffrey Haskett, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.