ADN/AP by Frederick Frommer.  The Minerals Management Service -- well, the name anyway -- now sits on the scrap heap of discarded monikers alongside ValuJet, Blackwater and Enron Field. Not that a new name makes it any easier for the Obama administration to convince a skeptical Congress that the agency will be any better at policing offshore drilling. ... Michael R. Bromwich, the new head of the MMS -- er, BOE -- assured Congress that the change is much more than cosmetic.... One marketing expert told The Associated Press that the Obama [...]

CTV News.  A BP-ConocoPhillips venture planning to build a huge natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the Lower 48 is in early talks to join a competing project headed by TransCanada Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. , according to a source familiar with the projects.  The BP-ConocoPhillips project, known as Denali, would likely be shelved as the two companies team with the TransCanada project, said the source, who is not authorized to discuss the status of the projects and requested anonymity. With a price tag up to $40-billion (U.S.), it’s [...]

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 The MMS is seeking comment now, until next week (June 30), on its OCS leasing plan for the period 2012-17.  Its decision could shut down this true economic stimulus for years to come.  It could cause the economic downfall of Alaska by constricting Trans Alaska Pipeline replacement oil throughput and lowering the potential for gas pipeline throughput.  A restrictive lease sale program could harm most other states in varying, significant degrees.  In large part, this decision process depends on your weighing in.  To have your opinion counted, please go to this [...]

Commentary: Yesterday, we warned that Canada's decision to deprive China of oil sands energy because of its contribution to carbon emissions could result in a growing trend (spreading in Russia and Europe) toward using energy as a political and social weapon in international diplomacy.  As I was writing that message a 'greening' U.S. Congress was doing precisely what I feared, attacking Canada's oil sands carbon footprint (See the article below).  Those U.S. Congressmen involved are especially short-sighted insofar as their Administration allies insist on diminishing U.S. energy production by putting [...]

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Read our commentary below, then comment yourself! To our friends attending the Inuvik Petroleum Show: Enjoy the Musk Ox and Char...and safe travels!  (Enjoy our Inuvik Pix) Comment: From our Alaska perch, we have a high opinion of Harper/Prentice policies but wonder if the oil sands export policy cuts off Canada's nose to spite her face (See news below).  We believe there is serious doubt about the truth of current, global warming group-think and still more doubt that humankind much affects its direction anyway--since the oceans produce the greatest volume of greenhouse [...]

Today, friends and family gathered at the Ft. Richardson National Cemetery to honor H.A. "Red" Boucher who passed away earlier this year.  The ceremony was memorable for its Gun Salute, Folded Flag presentation to Vicky Boucher, Taps, Bagpipes, and a special poem tribute offered by Bob "Joker" Lupo (NGP Photo).  Many mutual friends met under the little outdoor chapel canopy, including Dave Donley, Mike Felix, Joe Griffith, Johnny Ellis and many more.  Red had always been intensely patriotic and public spirited, winning a handful of elective offices ranging from Fairbanks [...]