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1-16-15 BP to cut more jobs in response to continuing, low oil prices

Caution:  We would urge our Arctic oriented readers to carefully follow this BSEE Arctic/General OCS Research Plan, for if contracts are given to organizations or professors that are predisposed to be agenda driven, the results may be less than scientific, less than objective.  In short, one hopes we can avoid the situation wherein a Federal Administration sells leases, then does everything in its power to nullify action--at considerable expense to leaseholders and consumers.  -dh   But hold on....  Bradner has an update for this story. Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards ... said [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 16th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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1-15-15

Two ADN stories by Dermot Cole.  In the midst of a steep decline in world oil prices, CH2M Hill has scrapped plans to look for a buyer of its oil-field services operation in Alaska and on Sakhalin Island in Russia, the company said Wednesday.  More.... ... CBC.  All evidence still points to the Keystone XL pipeline being approved, despite the political storm raging over it in Washington, D.C., Canada's natural resources minister says. Greg Rickford told a press conference in the American capital today that he thinks, based on U.S. State Department [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 15th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-14-15

Forbes by Brigham A. McCown.  The recent free-fall of crude oil prices has affected markets across the globe. Energy companies have responded by scaling back investments as their available capital shrinks. In British Columbia, delays are hampering the Pacific Northwest LNG project. Likewise, in Texas, a liquefaction project has been suspended off its coast by Excelerate Energy. Yet, meanwhile, Alaska is moving forward on an ambitious infrastructure project to develop and export its North Slope gas reserves.   The right hand column is undergoing construction and will be visible soon.  -dh

By |2016-03-13T03:41:25-09:00January 14th, 2015|Interstate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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1-13-15 Why Is ‘Climate Change/Global Warming’ Important To Energy Producers?

Alaska budget and gasline Comments, ADN by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo).    I have sympathy for new Gov. Bill Walker walking into this.  So far — with one exception — Walker’s actions have been quite reasoned. He prudently ordered a stop to unobligated spending on several high-profile state development projects and put off submitting a revised state budget until January to allow his team to develop a plan. Note to readers and public service advertisers:  the right hand column normally appearing here is being reconstructed.  Thank you for your patience.  -dh [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 13th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-12-15 KEYSTONE GAINS SUPPORT (SCROLL DOWN FOR SATURDAY’S PRENTICE STORY)

Responding To The Oil Price 'Crisis' Commentary:   While consumers rejoice, low oil prices cause "crises" to those governments and economies that are highly dependent on a high price for the volatile oil & gas commodities they produce. It may be instructive for decision makers in Alaska and Alberta, for example, to observe -- as they develop their own creative solutions -- ideas from abroad. Here is what the Ecuador’s Vice President Jorge Glas said yesterday in a Radio announcement about that country's dependence on falling oil prices (See our earlier story [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 12th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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1-11-15 Governor Orders Public Disclosure For Sensitive\Confidential Industry Interactions

Houston Chronicle.  The board of the state corporation expected to be a key player in efforts to advance a major liquefied natural gas project in Alaska is trying to determine how it can operate if members do not sign confidentiality agreements.  ...  Dan Fauske (NGP Photo), president of the gas-line corporation, also known as AGDC, said a confidentiality pledge is needed because information is shared between the two gas-line projects being pursued by AGDC — the liquefied natural gas project and a stand-alone in-state gas pipeline — to reduce costs. [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:40:49-09:00January 11th, 2015|AGDC|0 Comments
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1-10-14 Premier Jim Prentice Keeps Keystone XL At Top Of Agenda

Calgary Sun.  Statement from Premier Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) on the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling Premier Jim Prentice issued the following statement after the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a state law granting the governor the authority to approve the Keystone XL route through the state: “Today’s ruling in Nebraska clears the path for approving the Keystone XL pipeline. “This ruling clarifies the regulatory process in Nebraska allowing the State Department to proceed with the Presidential Permit for the cross-border portion of the pipeline based on its own findings. The facts support [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 10th, 2015|Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL|0 Comments
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1-9-15 Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built?

Today is the Alliance's Meet Alaska Conference in Anchorage Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built? (See Senator Murkowski's Release Today) by James R. Halloran, Independent Energy Analyst Most of the readers know we deal with trends, not forecasts. We have only made three forecasts that involved “a rate and a date” in fifteen years; our record is 2-1, and would be perfect if natural gas had moved $0.10 higher in 2013. However, we have gone out on a bit of a limb with two forecasts recently. The first one is well known:The [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 9th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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1-8-15 Our Favorite Energy Guru Discusses The Future Of Oil & Gas Prices

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, (NGP Photo), today conducted a business meeting to markup an original bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline -- reported favorably by the  committee on June 18, 2014.  Watch the action here....  See related, CEA "Call To Action" here....     -dh Below is a note that our friend, reader and Independent Energy Analyst, James Halloran provided.  This viewpoint, from one of our favorite oil and gas experts, should be read and fully absorbed by every elected official in Alaska -- whose state operating budget is over 90% [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 8th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-7-14 Alaska Governor Acts On Gasline And Legislators React – President Makes Preemptive Attack On Keystone XL

See Our Earlier Commentary: "Is Alaska Beginning A New Year Of Accomplishment or Acrimony?" (Other references) ADN by Dermot Cole.  Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) took a major step toward revising the way the state is dealing with a proposed gas pipeline by removing three members of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board and instructing two commissioners not to sign a secrecy pledge proposed by the Parnell administration. (Comment: We do not know enough about all the circumstances to comment on the rightness or wrongness of the Governor's action or legislative reactions.  We do [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 7th, 2015|AGDC, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-6-14 BP Is Major Alaskan Investor and America’s Largest Energy Investor

We have a new report this morning that: "BP contributes $143 billion to the U.S. economy and supports nearly 220,000 jobs".  In that report, BP America's Chairman and President John Mingé (NGP Photo) writes of Alaska that, " We are spending heavily to continue developing the giant Prudhoe Bay field after selling interests in four other Alaska fields.  We also are working to advance the Alaska LNG project, which will help transport North Slope gas to global markets. Alaska voters supported these efforts by keeping in place a historic tax reform measure [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 6th, 2015|You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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1-5-14

ADN by Dermot Cole.  The Alaska Legislature unanimously approved a resolution last April calling upon the Parnell administration to ask the federal government to reduce the "quality bank" payments made by Alaska refineries by Jan. 1, though there was never any strategy, timetable or realistic hope of achieving the goal.

By |2016-12-22T22:28:39-09:00January 5th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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1-4-14

Subscribe to Petroleum News:  The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has approved increased shipping rates for the Endicott and Northstar pipelines and a decreased rate for the Milne Point Pipeline. Through a subsidiary, Hilcorp Alaska LLC operates all three pipelines. Under the new rates, the cost to use the Endicott pipeline bet....

By |2016-03-13T03:43:03-09:00January 4th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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