Calgary Herald Wildrose critical of hiring of pipeline critic in premier's office Calgary Herald More from Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald ... Wildrose is slamming the hiring of a pipeline opponent in the premier's office. ... Marcella Munro into a senior communications role in the premier's office in Calgary a sign of ... “Hiring senior staff with views on our oil and gas sector that stand in direct contrast to ...
Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) today ordered all Alaska state flags to be lowered tomorrow in honor of Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, which is an annual recognition of the events that took place on September 11, 2001. This action follows a proclamation by President Barack Obama to lower all United States flags in honor of those who were killed on September 11, 2001. Comment: We don't wish to spoil an otherwise poignant remembrance day. We do wish to urge our public officials to honor remembrance [...]
We love the Energy Producing States Coalition's advocacy for domestic energy and join the group in welcoming a new legislative member, Pennsylvania's Representative Pam Snyder (Photo). -dh Calgary Herald, by Geoffrey Morgan.Suncor Energy Inc.’s Steve Williams blasted the “stupidity” of pipeline politics in the U.S. and Canada.... Our Readers will be interested in Tom Brennan's (NGP Photo) Sunday, Anchorage Daily Planet review of the role Exxon, ARCO, Tom, Hank Rosenthal and others -- including your author -- played in Alaska Waterfowl enhancement policies of the 1970s and 80s. -dh Exxon CEO Rex [...]
ADN. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s administration plans to propose reducing the state’s $600 million oil and gas tax credit program, cutting back on breaks to industry that are no longer needed, Revenue Commissioner Randy Hoffbeck said Tuesday. In a meeting in Anchorage of a state Senate working group on tax credits, Hoffbeck told assembled lawmakers and industry representatives that state payments aimed at reviving a flagging natural gas industry in Cook Inlet had worked. There are no longer fears of a shortage in Anchorage and elsewhere in Southcentral Alaska, he [...]
Important Tax Credit Hearing Occuring Today In Alaska: Details Here Larry Persily's relevant energy links Juneau Empire Op-Ed by Caroline Higgins (NGP Photo). Last week, Alaskans welcomed President Obama to our state. ...opportunity to let the world know how we Alaskans feel about developing our plentiful natural resources.... Here is the perspective we Alaskans need to remember and share: Alaskans support resource development in huge numbers. Just last year, Consumer Energy Alliance surveyed Alaskans for their views on offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. They found that [...]
BLM completes Cape Simpson cleanup work - 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) The federal Bureau of Land Management said Sept. 1 that it has completed cleanup of Cape Simpson legacy well sites in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. BLM said it facilitated removal of surface debris through an inter-agency agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps contracte.... Read the 'rest of the story', beginning in 2012 and long before.... -dh
Quitting headlong dive - 09/06/2015 (Full story) Just days after Alberta Premier Rachel Notley refused to back away from fast-tracking a royalty review and corporate tax hike her government has done an about face. After meeting with more than 1,000 industry leaders since it was elected four months ago, Notley's left-wing New Democratic Party admin.... 10% Conoco cuts to hit Alaska - 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) ConocoPhillips is proposing to cut some 10 percent of its workforce. The impact is expected to be within that 10 percent range in Alaska, ConocoPhillips Alaska spokeswoman [...]
Petroleum News. August ANS production down 11% from July - 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) Alaska North Slope production averaged 418,127 barrels per day in August, down 10.6 percent from a July average of 467,922, with all fields down substantially Aug. 21-22 during Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.'s second planned maintenance shutdown of the summer. Alyeska spokeswoman Michelle Egan said w....
ADN by Nathanial Herz. Several lawmakers said this week that Alaska Gov. Bill Walker may schedule a special legislative session in late October to deal with the development of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope. “It looks like the governor may be interested in calling a special session around the 20th of October,” Sen. Gary Stevens, (NGP Photo), said in an interview.
What’s at stake for Alaska in Shell’s Arctic drilling program? Reader Op-Ed By Paul Fuhs (NGP Photo) A lot has been said by many people about Shell’s Arctic drilling program but I have yet to see a real analysis of what it would mean for Alaska and our people. Some have said : “Well, it is in Federal waters so we won’t get anything out of it.” I just don’t believe that is true. Here are some of the direct benefits we will receive if Shell is successful in [...]
See a broad array of Presidental visit news and feature items in today's (9-1-15) Alaska Dispatch News Comment: President Barack Obama dined last night at the Anchorage home of Alaska Dispatch Publisher Alice Rogoff (NGP Photo). We hope that in addition to climate change issues, Alaska's major publisher was able to also discuss other matters. Read other national and international news accounts of President Obama's Alaska visit, here. We provided additional links, yesterday, here. Alaska's dependence and constitutional reliance on natural resources largely rest upon Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) sustainability. [...]
As President Barak Obama begins his Alaska visit today, we bring readers these observations from our energy consultant friends...and others (i.e. ADN, NYT, CNN, NPR, CBS, Reuters, USA Today (Note: "Climate Change" overtakes energy as focus of trip...consistent with the Obama policy of elevating climate change as top 'national security' priority. -dh) Our great Aussie energy consultant friend begins the week with this observation, beginning with news of an ENI natural gas discovery in Egyptian waters, almost equal to the 35 TCF of stranded Alaska North Slope gas. Italian oil and gas giant ENI [...]
Governor Bill Walker will accompany the President Tomorrow morning from Washington, D.C., to Anchorage, Alaska, on Air Force One. “My goal is to spend as much time as possible with the President so I can clearly present to him the benefits our great state provides the nation,” Governor Walker said. “I look forward to discussing with President Obama opportunities for the state and federal government to work together to improve Alaska’s economic situation. I also want to thank President Obama for his leadership in permitting Shell’s exploratory drilling activities. It’s an honor [...]
CBC.ca RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern BC chiefs fear CBC.ca Shell plans to build a 650-kilometre pipeline from B.C.'s gas-fracking region to ... In an email to CBC News, RCMP E-Division Cpl. Janelle Shoihet said ...
CBC.ca TransCanada officials in Thunder Bay to rally support for Energy East pipeline CBC.ca ... a natural gas pipeline to carry oil across Canada are in Thunder Bay trying to ... TransCanada Ontario regional director Stefan Baranski told CBC News that if ... it would still take at least five years for oil to flow through the pipeline.
