Globe and Mail: Athabasca deal gives China an oil sand project of its own –
Seven years after China made its first minority investment, PetroChina International Investment Co. is close to owning all of the undeveloped MacKay River project by acquiring the remaining 40 per cent from its joint venture partner, Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. (ATH-T12.13-0.07-0.57%) Athabasca forced the $680-million deal by exercising a clause in the original partnership agreement.
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“The study findings make it clear that the technical challenges compound and increase as throughput declines,” Alyeska President Tom Barrett said in announcing the results of the study. “The simplest, most direct and cost effective path to dealing with these challenges is to stop the decline by adding more oil.”
Vancouver Sun: Rebecca Penty, Postmedia News – Liquefied gas exports could fuel demise of TransCanada’s Alaska – Alberta pipe dream –
The CEOs of BP PLC and ConocoPhillips Co., both signalled LNG is the "best" option Thursday at a business conference in Anchorage, following a two-hour meeting on gas development alongside ExxonMobil Corp., CEO Rex Tillerson with Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell, who requested the talk.
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.
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