We will explain tomorrow and update our postings!               ...thinking about the last two "Deadliest Catch" shows, and the last time we saw Phil Harris at the 2009 Fourth of July Parade in Anchorage: just a little over a year ago.  He seemed happy then; it now seems like he was waving good-bye.  

For over ten years we have chaired or moderated oil and gas conferences throughout the U.S. and Canada.  Once again, we are honored to participate in Alaska's 6th Annual Oil and Gas Congress, Co-chairing with Margie Brown (NGP Photo), President & CEO of Cook Inlet Regional Corporation.  Visit with speakers in an intimate setting: Governor Sean Parnell, Kevin Banks, Patrick Borbey, Dave Carey, Dan Dickinson, Bud Fackrell, Marie Greene, Andrew Halcro, Harold Heinze, Jim Hemsath, Gwen Holdmann, Jeff Jones, Meera Kohler, Minister Ron Liepert, Sarah Lukin, Mark Meyers, Jeff Miller, [...]

Anchorage Mayor's Energy Task Force Agenda for TODAY includes GTL: Scroll to Bottom. Houston Chronicle reports, “The Obama administration may have hoped that a newly revised ban on deep-water drilling would end the legal battle over the issue, but it became clear Tuesday that the fight over offshore exploration is far from over. Ensco Offshore Co., a U.K.-based rig owner, filed a lawsuit accusing the administration of illegally imposing new requirements on the industry and dragging its feet in permitting shallow-water drilling.  NY Times reports (See our Monday-Tuesday stories/editorial), “Three weeks ago, [...]

 Wall Street Journal (7/12) reports, “The really odd moment came when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement that he was looking to the commission for information that could inform the administration’s position on halting deepwater drilling. Salazar’s statement stunned the commission’s two co-chairmen, William K. Reilly and Bob Graham, who said they had been assured by Salazar’s office and the White House that giving advice on the moratorium wasn’t their job. “We’re 10 minutes old,” Reilly told an audience in New Orleans, where the commission held its first hearing. [...]

We valued Diane Francis' Mackenzie Valley Pipeline 'Must Do' observations earlier this week.  The Financial Post columnist is among Canada's wisest observers of Arctic energy policy; if you read her blog, you'll likely conclude with us that her analytical powers extend to many other critical North American issues.  (Scroll down for today's story.) -dh See our Facebook page for more of the author's backyard flower photos.   Last night Chancellor Fran Ulmer (NGP Photo) 'listened' to Alaskan observations about her new oil and gas industry oversight role that could change the [...]

  Last Week We Urged Alaska Readers To Participate in Tonight's Meeting With Chancellor Fran Ulmer (NGP Photo), Now Serving on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. See you there! We're delighted that Federal Communication Commission Member Mignon Clyburn (Photo, with author) is visiting Alaska this week, and further honored to have hosted her for informal meetings with Alaskans yesterday evening.  A quick study who has extensively researched Alaskan issues, she will join the ranks as yet one more Washington decision maker who has become familiar [...]

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