Comment: No sooner are we back from the booming state of North Dakota than we head down to Los Angeles for two purposes: Introducing California Farm Bureau Federation President Paul Wenger to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners for a Consumer Energy Alliance Luncheon Speech; and, photographing Beverly Hills and Santa Monica. -dh
Comment. Governor Sean Parnell is understandably concerned about Barak Obama's new executive order directed at Alaska. The action purports to improve coordination among Federal agencies responsible for permitting energy projects by establishing an, "Interagency Working Group on Coordination of Domestic Energy Development and Permitting in Alaska (Working Group)." If Obama had any management background, he would know that this effort just creates more opportunity for talk and confusion and delay. Just one more meeting of over a dozen high level officials and a thousand more telephone calls and emails to [...]
NGP READERS: PLEASE COMMENT. This coming Friday, July 15, comes the next deadline for comments about an Environmental Assessment regarding Beaufort Sea OCS development. Then, lock and load for the next wave of regulatory onslaught: the July 25th deadline public comment on Revised Beaufort Sea Exploration Plan (EP) and associated Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan (ODPCP). Please send your comment to the agency, then send us a copy for posting here, where your position becomes Internet searchable. Here is the brief testimony your author filed today. -dh Commentary: Monday was the deadline for commenting on [...]
Companies commit millions to secure exploration licenses despite concerns over pipeline prospects Thandiwe Vela Northern News Services Published Friday, July 8, 2011 NWT - The recent call for bids on Northwest Territories land parcels has ended with oil and gas companies committing more than $500 million to secure exploration licenses in the Central Mackenzie Valley. ... "We are pleased with the bidding results," Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Bob McLeod (NGP Photo) said, adding the high value of bids shows the industry's renewed confidence in the NWT oil and gas reserves. "These [...]
The Battle Continues And We Cannot Grow Weary El Paso's Ruby Enriches Nevada Alberta Tory leadership candidate Gary Mar, wants to bog down Canada's natural resources prosperity with environmental obstruction. -dh New gas pipeline for Kenai Peninsula? Today's top Priority: Today is the deadline for Chukchi SEIS Comment. Here is how to comment. Then send us your comment to post here, tomorrow. It can be as simple as: "Please allow Alaska OCS development to proceed quickly; domestic energy is essential to America's economic recovery." Note: since today is the deadline, either [...]
Next Monday, July 11 is the deadline for comment on Chukchi OCS development. Here's a website for easy, automated comment. -dh Calgary Herald by Rebecca Penty. An article in the Wall Street Journal championing TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline as an economic driver for a country hurting for jobs is evidence of support south of the border, president and CEO Russ Girling said Thursday. The TransCanada executive said the opinion piece suggested the last phase of a $13-billion pipeline project would offer economic stimulus to a country facing a high unemployment rate [...]
July 11 is the deadline for comment on Chukchi OCS development. Here's a website for easy, automated comment. -dh Alaska's Statehood Act is 53 years old today. (Below is an email alert we issued on the subject and reader Joe Henri's first hand perspective.) Today your author addresses the South Anchorage Rotary Club, suggesting that, "Alaska's Constitution Could Guide Us Through Alaska's Greatest Challenge: Breathing Life Back Into the Trans Alaska Pipeline" -dh CNBC completed a ranking of state business climates and found Alaska to be among the bottom [...]
July 11 is the deadline for comment on Chukchi OCS development. Here's a website for easy, automated comment. -dh Reader Aves Thompson, Executive Director of the Alaska Trucking Association, reports that the American Trucking Association has asked the Federal government to expedite Alaska OCS development. "On July 1," Thompson reported, "the ATA filed comments with the Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) in support of drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea. ATA’s comments were filed in response to a court-ordered supplemental environmental impact statement, which must be finalized [...]
Marketwire. Proponents of the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline were awarded six licenses comprised of Shell Canada Limited (3 licenses), Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited (2 licenses) and ConocoPhilips Canada Resources Corp. (1 license). Petroleum News by Eric Lidji (NGP Photo). Alaska is one of the least attractive places in NorthAmerica for oil and gas investment, according to recent survey of international petroleum industry executives. The State of Alaska ranked 83rd out of 136 jurisdictions while the federal Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ranked 78th, according to the Global Petroleum Survey by [...]
Yesterday, ADN's Becky Bohrer reported that lack of progress on AGIA pipeline is making lawmakers "Antsy". Remembering North Dakota by Dave Harbour While the main purpose for my trip to North Dakota was to attend the annual meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Association (IOGCC), I returned home with a nostalgic impression of how today's North Dakota represented yesterday's Alaska. North Dakota is confident. Alaska, as noted in the story link above, is 'antsy'. more coming....
ADN by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo). ... the options include a regasification plant on shore that could convert LNG back to its gaseous form as well as ships or barges that have regasification plants built on board. It's also possible that the existing Kenai LNG plant, which is built to export the liquefied gas, could be converted and used as an import facility. That's in the mix of options too. The plant is being mothballed later this summer when the final shipments of LNG are made to Asia. All of these [...]
On June 15, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, operator of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) released a study recommending specific steps needed to prevent a premature shutdown of TAPS. Bloomberg. Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) received draft U.S. air quality permits for oil drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort seas. The Environmental Protection Agency’s permits, which are subject to 30 days of public comment, were issued today after the Environmental Appeals Board overturned previous approvals last year. The Hague-based company also needs authorization from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement to [...]
"Let Freedom Ring" Today is Canada Day and Monday is America's Independence Day. We are aware that these celebrations are partly a celebration of our two counties' independence, partly a commitment to defend freedom for future generations. Meanwhile, here's an editorial comment from a community leader and NGP reader, Margy Johnson (NGP Photo) as she reflects on events of the last few days. -dh Margy Johnson file photo by Dave Harbour. Today she counsels Alaska's beneficiaries of oil wealth to support an investment climate attractive to oil investment. [...]
Governor Sean Parnell Tells Washington Journalists of Plan to Boost Alaska Oil Production To 1 Million Barrels/day. Julie Hasquet of Senator Mark Begich's Office and Megan Hermann of Senator Lisa Murkowski's Energy Committee office Provided This Link To Pipeline Throughput Study Shell's Marvin Odum Optimistic About Arctic, reports AP's Dan Joling USGS Boosts Estimate of Cook Inlet Oil and Gas, reports ADN's Erika Bolstadt (Written en route from Bismarck to Anchorage...IOGCC stories and photos will appear here. -dh) Alaskans Turned Out Last Night To Defend Alaska's Future! Soldiers From International Environmental [...]
Come EAT, DRINK and TESTIFY at the Chukchi hearing today, June 29th at 5:30 p.m. at the Loussac Library. Fill out a comment card and enjoy a hot dog and drink before the hearing. The hearing itself will begin at 7 p.m. If you can't attend the Anchorage event today, you can EASILY file an electronic comment here! We have been very respectful of the commitment by some elected officials to fight for Alaska's future by participating in these hearings. This particular one could establish a record for federal decision making that will result [...]
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