CBC.ca Tom Mulcair book launch interrupted by Energy East pipeline protesters CBC.ca Mulcair was forced Sunday to address comments she made onCBC News Network's Power & Politics, where she said curbing oilsands production ... Calgary Heral Alliance Pipeline says it could take several days to burn off hydrogen sulphide gas Calgary Herald CALGARY — The operator of a major Canada-U.S. natural gas pipeline that has been shut down since Friday says it could take several days to burn ...
Point of personal privilege: We pause to remember our late friend, Frank Gifford, also a friend of Alaska. (Photo with Kathy Lee Gifford, by Bruce Glikas / FilmMagic). See "Today News". Rick Mystrom and Rick Nerland had kindly asked me to join the non profit board of our Anchorage Organizing Committee (AOC) for the Winter Olympics in the late 1980s. In my volunteer board role, I served a 'Television Commissioner', charged with developing relationships with and support from American television and radio networks who could someday compete for Anchorage Olympic broadcast rights. [...]
Calgary Herald Federal election campaign reflects change in oil and gas since PM Harper's 2006 election Calgary Herald Access to markets through new pipelines became the mantra of industry and ... The world – the oil and gas industry included – has changed and what ...
CBC.ca Alliance shuts down gas pipeline in Western Canada CBC.ca Alliance Pipeline has shut down a natural gas pipeline in Western Canada after poisonous hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas got into the system.
Comment: Alaskans beware. To the extent that the Walker administration socializes industry in Alaska, to that extent will free enterprise forces be replaced with political forces. With a Municipally regulated (i.e. political appointees, Mayor and Assembly become regulators) natural gas utility supported by a subsidized state agency controlled by the Governor corruption of public utility regulation in Fairbanks is inevitable. -Dave Harbour, former Chairman, Regulatory Commission of Alaska. ADN by Alex DeMarban. The state attorney general has rejected an effort by a Hilcorp subsidiary to acquire an LNG [...]
CBC.ca Energy East pipeline opposed by Anishinaabe Water Walkers CBC.ca Energy East pipeline opposed by Anishinaabe Water Walkers ... opposition to TransCanada's plan to convert the natural gas pipeline to transp....
Today's very relevant energy clips for NGP readers: The Maritime Executive: A Vote for Responsible Arctic Development *David Holt Q&A (NGP Photo) Shell’s Arctic drilling is expected to begin soon. MarEx spoke to David Holt, President of the U.S. Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), to discuss what it means for Alaska and the nation's Lower 48 states. Jobkeeper Alliance: Consumer Group, Organizations, Elected Officials and Regulators Voice Concern on EPA “Clean Power Plan” *CEA Mention The American economy is literally energized by one of the world’s most complex and efficient machines – the nation’s [...]
Alaska's Governor Bill Walker wants 51% ownership in Alaska gasline/LNG project. See Alaska Journal of Commerce article by Tim Bradner.
Calgary Herald Energy East pipeline will cost more than $12 billion, TransCanada says Calgary Herald For two thirds of the way, TransCanada aims to convert an underused natural gaspipeline and then build all new pipe through Quebeck and....
Petroleum News, by Steve Quinn. Mike Navarre has two years to help the Kenai Peninsula Borough find its place and role in the prospective AKLNG project. The Democratic mayor understands those limits, yet he says he doesn’t want the borough to be caught off guard if the project gets under way when thousands of new workers descend....
Petroleum News by Alan Bailey. A July 17 application by BP to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for amendments to area injection orders for the Prudhoe Bay field marks a critical step toward the possibility of building a major gas pipeline for the export of natural gas from the North Slope. The application requests approval for an increase in the maximum amount of gas that can be withdrawn from the field and approval to inject additional carbon dioxide into the field reservoir. Although huge quantities of natural gas [...]
TONIGHT: YOU READ IT HERE FIRST! The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed major bills Thursday on lifting the crude oil export ban and its broad energy package. The oil export bill would also increase offshore drilling and provide revenue sharing for neighboring states. It passed 12-10, along party lines. "It's the result of collaborative efforts by members of this committee to boost offshore development, allow revenue sharing for coastal producing states and lift the outdated ban on crude exports," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chairwoman of the panel, said of the [...]
Crude Oil Exports Would Benefit Great Lakes States: Murkowski From our friend, Rebecca Logan (NGP Photo), General Manager, Alaska Support Industry Alliance: The new EPA rule on Waters of the United States (WOTUS) is perhaps the most critical issuing facing us today. The article below gives a great perspective on why so many are concerned about the rule, and the rule-making process. Rebecca Logan General Manager Alaska Support Industry Alliance U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, (NGP Photo), today convened the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to continue consideration [...]
See our Facebook commentary this morning re: Climate Change -dh From the Senate Energy Committee: See How Envronmental Extremism is Destroying California Lives Aussie Oil and Gas Observer: The smashing of the Shanghai stock market yesterday – an 8.5% fall (the biggest one day decline in eight years) – has reverberated around the world in both stock markets and commodity markets, and oil was not left out of the carnage. *** Japan’s average LNG price (per mmbtu) for June was down again – at US$8.65. Volumetrically this figure is [...]
Petroleum News by Alan Bailey (NGP Photo). On July 22 the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement issued permits allowing Shell to drill the top hole sections of two wells in the Burger prospect in the Chukchi Sea. Shell now has all of the permits that it needs to start drilling. However, BSEE is prohibiting Shell from drilling into hydrocarbon bearing zones until....
