ALERT: SUPPORT OCS Tomorrow Night In Anchorage - Alaska Legislators Convene OCS Spill Response Panel Today - Canadian and American Business and Government Leaders Have Oil Congress - Mackenzie Project Delayed Again?

(The author admits and laments the human frailty that produced a typographical error in this morning’s email alert! -dh)

Today: The Alaska State Senate Resources Committee will hold a hearing (10 a.m. – 4 p.m. ) today at the Anchorage Legislative Information Office. The hearing will deal with spill response systems in Alaska and include four panels: 1. Industry, 2. Environmental, 3. Community, and 4. Agency. * Join the Alliance in Kenai on Sept. 21 for a luncheon featuring guest speaker David Hall of Cook Inlet Energy… more…

Yesterday: ADN by Lisa Demer. Republican Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) and Democratic nominee Ethan Berkowitz(NGP Photo-l) faced off Monday before the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce with questions about a gas pipeline, oil taxes, income taxes, federal health care reform, the economy — and the race for U.S. Senate.

Tomorrow:

CALL TO ACTION. Dealing with the ‘Risk-Reward’ balance of OCS activity in Alaska, a distinguished panel will assemble at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. for what will undoubtedly evolve into a review of facts and perceptions, with some audience interaction. We urge all NGP readers in the area to attend and participate as time permits. Please sit at the front of the audience area, close to the microphones. The panel — moderated by retired Anchorage Daily News editor Michael Carey, will include :Pete Slaiby, Vice President, Shell Alaska; John Schoen, Senior Science Advisor, Audubon Alaska; Edward Itta, Mayor, North Slope Borough; David Ramseur, Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Mark Begich
Mayor’s Energy Task Force Meeting: will include a review and updating of the Energy Transition Report created a year ago.
Energy Guardian (9/21, subs. req’d) reports, “Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Energy Secretary Steven Chu plan to co-host a public forum on offshore oil drilling safety reforms Wednesday, but no new announcements about the administration’s policies are expected.

Thursday: Join the Alliance on Thursday, Sept. 23 for breakfast with Dave Dittman, Dittman Research & Communications Corp…. more…

Next Week:

The 6th Annual Alaska Oil & Gas Congress. Conference co-chairs: Dave Harbour, Publisher, Northern Gas Pipelines and Margaret Brown, President & Chief Executive Officer, Cook Inlet Region Incorporated • Larry Persily, Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects … Premier Floyd Roland, Government of the Northwest Territories … Ron Liepert, Alberta Minister of Energy … Alaska’s Lieutenant Governor Craig Campbell, State Senator Lesil McGuire and House Speaker Mike Chenault * Key industry executives * Key insights from the Joint In-State Gas line Development Team on in-state gas development * Global natural gas supply/demand trends and impact on Arctic gas * How the state of Alaska is expediting the …
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. Monday, September 27, 11:30 – 1 p.m., Dena’ina Center, 2nd Floor, Anchorage. The province of Alberta is an energy hub for much of North America, developing energy resources, creating new jobs, and sustaining an integrated economy for Alberta. Ron Liepert, Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta, will discuss the Alberta Oil Sands project and how Alberta is handling its natural resource development.

HQ Yellowknife. Has the Mackenzie project been delayed again? * The Canadian Press by Lauren Krugel. Even if the National Energy Board gives it the thumbs up this month, the project’s lead partner, Imperial Oil Ltd. (TSX: IMO.TO) has said the pipeline would start up in 2018 at the earliest. Many in the North have been eagerly awaiting this project for decades, which they say will bring a much-needed economic boost to the region. "We would encourage these parties to resolve the matter quickly to avoid further delay to this important project," said Bob Reid, president of the Aboriginal Pipeline Group, which has an equity stake in the pipeline.

Calgary Herald by Peter Tertzakian. Canada’s natural gas production has been in steady decline for about three years now.

AP by Joan Lowy. The Obama administration called for tighter federal oversight of oil and gas pipelines Wednesday in the wake of a deadly California gas explosion that raised alarms about the safety of the nation’s aging infrastructure.

Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo). The state’s team working on a possible 24-inch "bullet" gas line from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska has selected a Canadian consulting firm to do a study of a gas-to-liquids plant that could be a major industrial purchaser of gas for the pipeline. Toronto-based Hatch Corp. was notified Sept. 10 that the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. will award a $500,000 contract to do the study. Six firms bid to do the study, according to Brian Butcher (NGP Photo-r), public affairs vice president for the Alaska development group.