9-20-16 "Get competitive, Alaska!" - Northern Gas Pipelines

9-20-16 “Get competitive, Alaska!”

Here is Alaska’s newest competitor. Don’t get mad at Canada, Alaskans. Be responsible. Quit blaming others for Alaska’s geographic and political shortcomings. Work on compensating for the state’s stranded Arctic gas liabilities with competitive policies that attract rather than vilify investors!. -dh

A northwestern Alberta natural gas producer dismayed by Canada’s “grossly oversupplied” gas market is investing in a company that has vowed to build a liquefied natural gas export terminal on Vancouver Island.

Calgary-based Seven Generations Energy says it will take a minority stake in Vancouver-based Steelhead LNG, adding the two have agreed to explore pipeline development and open new overseas markets for natural gas.

Fairbanks News Miner. Gov. Bill Walker announced three appointments to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation’s board of directors on Monday, including the head of Doyon, Limited’s pipeline construction company. Warren Christian is the president of Doyon Associated, LLC and has more than 30 years of experience in pipeline construction…. (Read More)

Alaska Railroad: first in nation to transport LNG by rail

Exxon Mobil weighs additional development options at Point Thomson
Faced with the prospect of losing “significant acreage” at the Point Thomson field under a 2012 settlement with Alaska, Exxon Mobil…

Gas Line Tour
When it opened in 1969, it was the only facility of its kind in the U.S. to get a license to export its gas to Japan.

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:26:53-09:00September 20th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

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.