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3-29-15 NPC Says Develop Arctic Energy

Hearst Newspapers by Jennifer Dlouhy.   The United States should move swiftly to harness the tremendous oil and gas reserves locked under its Arctic waters while the industry improves the equipment used to drill wells and sop up spills, according to a government advisory committee report released Friday. The analysis, conducted by the National Petroleum Council at the request of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, makes the case for the United States to aggressively develop Arctic oil and gas that can help supply the country with energy long after production tails [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:52:07-09:00March 29th, 2015|AGDC, Arctic Policy, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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3-28-15 Governor and Legislature Clash

    Alasa Dispatch News Walker and legislators can't bridge their divide over Alaska natural gas pipeline Alaska Dispatch News “No one's going to take care of Alaska better than Alaska, and we just have to ... It bars the state's Alaska Gasline Development Corp., or AGDC, from ... Bill to limit corporation role in alternate project advances - Houston Chronicle Bill to limit corporation role in alternate project advances - NewsOK.com  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:24-09:00March 28th, 2015|AGDC, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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3-27-15

Much more coming today and this weekend.... Subscribe To Petroleum News For This And Much More: McGuire pushes Alaska’'s role in Arctic  03/29/2015 (Trouble viewing this article? Click here) In less than a month, the United States takes over as chair for the Arctic Council, a consortium of eight Arctic nations trying to work together with policy decisions. Sen. Lesil McGuire has been on the front lines of Arctic policy issues and co-chaired the state’s Arctic Policy Commission. McGuire,.... ADN/Hearst by Jennifer Dlouhy.  Shell’s Arctic oil spill response system is undergoing drills [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:51:54-09:00March 27th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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3-26-15 Major Alaska Legislative Hearing: Ak-LNG North Slope Gas Project

Commentary: Yesterday, the Senate Resources Committee's Chairman, Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo) scheduled testimony on HB 132 clarifying the mission of the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation.  ON THE FEDERAL SIDE: ADN Commentary by Randall Luhi (NGP Photo).  We need to take our country and economy to the next level in terms of energy security. The only way to do this is to safely and responsibly explore our own offshore energy resources, particularly off Alaska. SHELL DECISION CLOSE! ADN by Jennifer Dlouhy.  The Obama administration is set to announce within days whether [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:24-09:00March 26th, 2015|AGDC, AGIA, Arctic Policy, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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3-25-15 Gasline Bill Passes – Alaska Economic Update – Arctic Residents Take Place At Arctic Policy Table

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Seizes Arctic Initiative: Criticizes Environmental Carpet Baggers! Gasline Bill Passes Alaska House Alaska Economic Update- Part 2  - See Part 1 Here By Mark Edwards (NGP Photo) In our last post, we discussed the falling oil prices and the possible impact on the economy. Today we will look at jobs, unemployment, and population. Payroll jobs increase only 0.3% in 2013 and 2014.  No growth predicted in 2015 - Alaska's payroll job count increased by 1,000 jobs or 0.3% last year, similar to 2013 results.  This slight increase [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:32-09:00March 25th, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, OCS|0 Comments
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3-25-15 ARCTIC FOR ALL!

ARCTIC FOR ALL.  We urge our Alaskan, Canadian and Lower 48 readers to keep close to this new Arctic-centered information effort.  In today's posting, we learn that: Alaskans Question U.S. Arctic Representative about Their Role in Policy Making Norway Leads the World in Arctic Investment China Establishes Arctic Satellite Data Receiving Station

By |2016-12-22T22:28:32-09:00March 25th, 2015|Arctic Policy|0 Comments
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3-24-15 Oil Tax Reform Continues To Produce Alaska Production Results

ConocoPhillips Announces Funding Approval for Kuparuk ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. yesterday announced that the Kuparuk viscous oil development 1H NEWS (Northeast West Sak) has been approved for funding by ConocoPhillips and the Kuparuk co-owners. Plans for engineering have been ongoing, and construction will now move forward. This is the largest investment in viscous oil at Kuparuk since 2004, and it is expected to add about 8,000 barrels of oil per day (BOD) gross at peak production.  (See the full ConocoPhillips release here.) Whether President Obama is bribing or blackmailing governors, either way, it's [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:32-09:00March 24th, 2015|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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3-22-15 Cruz Announces – Obama Targets Fracking With More Regs – Alaska and Alberta Face Oil Price Challenges With Similar Diversification Temptations

National Commentary: After watching the Ted Cruz speech a few minutes ago, many might agree that he is qualified to lead the country into the sunshine -- away from our current maladies, years of malaise and dark path toward economic and social chaos--for two main reasons. First, he understands the rule-of-law and jurisdictionally overreaching abuses of the current administration affecting energy production which, in turn,  underpins the historical and future wealth of America. Second, he articulated virtually all of the values which many of us believe are required to sustain the economy, security [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:32-09:00March 24th, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Fracking|0 Comments
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3-22-15

Fairbanks News Miner Editorial.  Other than the state’s budget deficit, the state’s most important decision with regard to its future is the path it will take to a natural gas pipeline. After many years of stagnation under the failed Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, there have been signs of progress in the state’s goal of developing a large-diameter natural gas pipeline that would both supply the state’s gas needs and provide for substantial export. More....

By |2016-12-22T22:28:32-09:00March 22nd, 2015|Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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3-21-15

Petroleum News.  In early February Ben van Beurden, CEO of Shell, confirmed that his company was moving ahead with plans to restart its exploration drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea during the 2015 summer open water season. In apparent confirmation of that statement notices relating to requests from Shell for some go....

By |2016-03-13T03:51:40-09:00March 22nd, 2015|OCS|0 Comments
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3-20-15 Alaskan and Canadian Energy Investors Face a Competitive New World

See this week's Petroleum News, just released. Compared to Russian and Canadian Arctic energy initiatives, U.S. efforts are pathetic.  Russia's Arctic power could well influence competitive factors discussed below in ways detrimental to the world's democracies.  Read more....    -dh  Decision makers: look below, and ignore the competitive, new, worldwide oil & gas market at your own peril and at the risk of removing opportunities from your succeeding generation of young, hopeful, ambitious children that you and your friends enjoyed.  -dh Today, an energy analyst friend privately opines on natural gas pricing, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:32-09:00March 20th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Competition, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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3-19-15 Lessons For Alaska From Canada

  Lessons For Alaska From Canada: Investors Can Go Anywhere.  Get "your act together".  You're not the "only game in town!"      -dh CBC News.  ConocoPhillips says it doesn't plan to do any more exploration work on its parcel in the N.W.T.'s Canol shale oil play for the foreseeable future. ... "Although a significant discovery declaration and subsequent significant discovery licence is a positive indication for a play, it does not indicate commercial viability," said Kristen Ashcroft, a spokesperson for ConocoPhillips. The company says it will return to the site next winter, but only to suspend a well — "a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:32-09:00March 19th, 2015|Personal|0 Comments
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3-18-15

Today's Energy In Depth Energy Links.  (More coming) NATIONAL New HF rules coming in ‘days’. Houston Chronicle. The Obama administration is poised to impose new rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands. The mandates are aimed at boosting the integrity of wells on public lands to ensure oil, gas and other fluids are contained within them. The rules will also require recovered water and other fluids to be safely stored at the sites. The Bureau of Land Management is set to release the final regulation “in the next few days,” Interior [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 18th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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3-17-15 Acknowledging the Day

Petroleum News by Kristen Nelson: The Regulatory Commission of Alaska and the House Energy Committee are struggling with overlapping issues related to the ability of independent power producers to sell electric power to existing utilities and to access transmission lines. The committee has held a number of hearings on House Bill 78.... Happy Saint Patrick's Day: What A Man! WND News.  St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. An icon of the Irish and the reason we wear green on St. Patrick's day, this influential saint [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 17th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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3-16-15 The Future of Oil Prices According to An Astute Reader – Senators Sullivan’s Reputation Spreads

Our friend, Rob Bradley (File Photo-R) of the Master Resource Blog, saw U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan's (NGP Photo) Maiden Senate Speech on this website and has further promoted it to his large international audience (here).  (Our original coverage and speech text)  -dh Halloran Opines On Proposed Ohio Severance Tax and Future of Oil Prices Republican Governor Proposes Ohio Severance Tax?  Our friend, Independent Energy Analyst James R. Halloran (File Photo) just returned from the Ohio Oil and Gas Association Winter Meeting where he reported that, "the big issue is Governor Kasich’s proposal for a (completely [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 16th, 2015|Personal, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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