(Note from the road: meeting with members of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission Today, Point Clear, Ala.  -dh)

Fairbanks News Miner by Dermot Cole.  The eventual cost to the consumer and the number of new consumers who would be able to hook up to natural gas are key questions for the Regulatory Commission of Alaska as it decides which entity will be allowed to serve portions of the Fairbanks area beyond the current Fairbanks Natural Gas service area.

Oil and Gas Journal, by Nick Snow.  The US Department of Energy conditionally approved Freeport LNG’s request to export domestically produced LNG from its Quintana Island, Tex., terminal to countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the US.

Petroleum News: ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. expects to bring its Shark Tooth satellite online by late 2015.

Petroleum News: Fueled by growth in situ development and production in its oil sands, Alberta posted a 14 percent rise in conventional oil production in 2012, a 10 percent jump in crude bitumen output and a 9.5 percent increase in reserves, intensifying the challenge of how to get those volumes to market.