8-9-17 AL-CAN ENERGY HEADLINES

MID-WEEK AL-CAN ENERGY HEADLINES

Nebraska landowners grill TransCanada over Keystone pipeline. CBC.ca. Attorney Dave Domina told CBC News that Albertans should be able to relate … Domina also alluded to TransCanada’s Bison Pipeline, a natural gas …

Alaska tribes try to influence Canadian mining project talks. A group of 16 southeast Alaska tribes has hired a coordinator to express their concerns about a series of large Canadian mining projects that the tribes fear…

Alaska tribes form provisional government, seek sovereignty
Tribe leaders in western Alaska have set up a provisional government that might lead to a true governing body if a November ballot measure passes.

State gasline corp. gets favorable ruling from IRS. The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. has cleared another of many hurdles in its effort to monetize the state’s North Slope natural gas resources.

Oil company owed $75M from Alaska prepares to pause drilling. An oil company that the state owes about $75 million in refundable tax credits to is preparing to pause drilling off the shore of Alaska.

State lets Conoco expand North Slope unit, but with conditions The state is trying to speed up development of oil fields on the North Slope by putting pressure on ConocoPhillips to explore a new area.

Audiogram: The future of an oil state. Today, the trans-Alaska pipeline carries a quarter of what it did in its heyday.

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Airport Concessions Program
August 14 | Noon-1 pm

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Did you ever have a great idea for an airport concessions and are too afraid it might fail? What creates a great opportunity and how do you get started? Come join us at the “Make it Monday Forum” for everything you need to know about airport concessions.

Speaker: Javier O. Robinson, C.M., Concessions Manager, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Javier joined the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in May of 2006. He oversees all aspects of ANC’s concessions from planning, developing and building the concession program. His responsibilities include negotiating new contracts; developing RFP’s including food & beverage, retail, specialty retail, advertising, and rental vehicles, as well as the day-to-day operations. The concessions program generated approximately $90M in gross revenues in 2016. Javier specializes in thinking out-of-the-box to develop venues like Alaska theme restaurants and stores.

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UPCOMING “MAKE IT MONDAY” FORUMS:
8/14 – Airport Concessions Program
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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.