CBC.  The price of houses in Inuvik has dropped by 10 to 15 per cent in the last three years — ever since plans for the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline were set aside, according to a local realtor…, Jim Weller … with Coldwell Banker….

Petroleum News.  Parnell names municipal advisory board. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has named members of the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board…

Petroleum News.  BC's LNG list grows.  British Columbia's lineup of LNG proposals has grown to 15 with U.S.-based WesPac Midstream requesting a 25-year export license from the National Energy Board to ship up to 3 million metric tons a year to customers in Asia, the U.S., Central America and South America. In entering the public arena, W….

Michael Whatley, Consumer Energy Alliance, Keystone XL, South Dakota, Senator Tim Johnson, Photo by Dave HarbourEnergy Voice.  In an op-ed penned for The Hill, Michael Whatley, Executive Vice President at Consumer Energy Alliance (NGP Photo), explains how South Dakota’s Sen. Tim Johnson (D) now has opportunity to move the Keystone XL pipeline one step closer to construction.

Lisa Murkowski, oil exports, US Senate, Energy Committee, Photo by Dave HarbourU.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), met today with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on the issue of crude oil and condensate exports:

“I appreciate Secretary Pritzker taking the time to meet with me today." she said after the meeting.  "We had an open conversation about the Commerce Department’s approach to the question of U.S. oil exports. I am encouraged that Secretary Pritzker is engaged and that there are ongoing discussions within the department on this issue.

Wall Street Journal.  More than 150 executive branch nominees are awaiting Senate confirmation, but Harry Reid is attending to his personal priorities. On Tuesday the Majority Leader pushed through a vote on Norman Bay to helm his sovereign government province, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  (Senator Murkowski has vigorously opposed the President's intention to name Bay chairman of this regulatory body, so important to Alaska and US energy policy and regulation in general.  -dh)

Murkowski is the senior Republican on the energy panel.  Last January, she released a white paper on the need to revamp U.S. energy export policy. Murkowski has also published five staff reports on crude oil and condensate exports, which are available on the energy committee’s website.  

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Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans & Insular Affairs Subcommittee to Hold Legislative Hearing on Four Bills, including two affecting Alaska. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, July 23rd on four bills.

WHAT:

Subcommittee Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans & Insular Affairs legislative hearing on:

  •  H. R. 3109 (Young of AK), to assist Alaskan Native Handicrafts.
  •  H. R. 3409 (Fincher), To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to require that any expansion of a national wildlife refuge must be expressly authorized by statute. “the National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act”

WHEN:

Wednesday, July 23, 2014
10:00 AM 

WHERE:

1334 Hearing Room in the Longworth House Office Building

 Visit the Committee Calendar for additional information, once it is made available.  The meeting is open to the public and a live video stream will be broadcast at http://naturalresources.house.gov/live.