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1-3-14 Will We Make Our Children Proud?

In response to our commentary yesterday (scroll down), we are pleased to provide a related Facebook discussion below from Brad Keithley's (NGP Photo) page, Alaskans For A Sustainable Budget:      Greg L Kisor Best article on the subject I've read. 22 hrs · Unlike · 1 Steve Pratt Good piece. My own analysis a few years ago indicated the PERS liability to be about $5 Bill. more than the $10B. In any case, it is going to be interesting. 22 hrs · Like Andy Holleman Dave, I find one part confusing....you say " The piece quotes some who contend [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:39-09:00January 4th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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1-2-15 Is Alaska Beginning A New Year Of Acrimony–Or Accomplishment?

Today, we ponder Alaska's 2015 challenges below -- including less capability to fund energy projects.  We also sympathize with our Canadian friends.  The Calgary Herald's Deborah Yedling said of TransCanada's Russ Gurling that, "three fronts consume Girling’s time and energy — the Energy East file, an activist shareholder and, of course, the Keystone project." Is Alaska beginning a new year of acrimony or accomplishment? ​Yesterday's Alaska Dispatch piece by Dermot Cole pretty well summarizes the​ difficult budget issues and political pressures faced by North America's most economically dependent oil & gas producing state. ​by Dave Harbour [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:39-09:00January 2nd, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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1-1-15 The New Year Begins!

Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo-L).   Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo, above) and his new administration are still settling in as state legislators are packing up to head to Juneau for the 2015 session. The annual political poker game begins Jan. 20 when the state Legislature convenes.   Walker will be at the table. So will House Speaker Mike Chenault (NGP Photo-Far R)​; Senate President Kevin Meyer (NGP Photo-R)​; House Democratic Minority Leader Chris Tuck (NGP Photo-R)​; and Senate Democratic Minority Leader Berta Gardner (NGP Photo)​.   Alaska Dispatch/AP by James MacPherson.   Forget South Dakota. North Dakota's most similar sister [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:39-09:00January 1st, 2015|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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12-31-14 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, BUT NOT TOO HAPPY!   (PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE: WHY SOME OF OUR GENTLE READERS HAVE CHOSEN ABSTINENCE OVER 'FUN')   New Year's Eve Energy Links Courtesy of Consumer Energy Alliance Calgary Herald by Lorraine Hjalte.  Beyond pipeline politics and plunging oil prices that dominated Calgary business news in 2014, our annual quiz tests your recollection of other notable events from the past year.  Take our quiz here! 2014 Energy Review! Globe & Mail.  Energy is serious business, and in 2014 ... serious stories.  ... shortest booms on record, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:39-09:00December 31st, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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12-30-14 Oil Price Results: Alaska Governor Walker and Alberta Premier Prentice Plan Spending Cuts

Our Commentary: "Enlightened Self Interest vs. the Public Interest: Is Global Warming and Ocean Acidification Science Reliable" is being rescheduled. -dh Juneau Empire Editorial: Thumbs up to fulfilling promises. On Friday, Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) issued an administrative order to halt work on six of Alaska’s biggest construction projects. During his campaign for governor, Walker promised to cut “unnecessary” studies as a way to reduce the state’s expenses. As most of those six projects are still in the study phase, we shouldn’t be surprised that Walker is considering them for the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:39-09:00December 30th, 2014|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Global Warming|0 Comments
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12-29-14

Petroleum News by Alan Bailey.  Apache Alaska Corp. has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a wetlands permit for the construction of three gravel drilling pads and associated access roads in the northwestern Kenai Peninsula. The potential drilling sites are in Native owned land within....  Apache spokeswoman Lisa Parker told Petroleum News in a Dec. 19 email that, although Apache has not yet made a decision on whether to proceed with the drilling, the company is applying for permits, to ensure that the permitting process is completed in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:47-09:00December 29th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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12-28-14 Walker Takes Year-End Steps To Cut Spending

Walker orders new spending on Alaska megaprojects stopped.  Alaska Dispatch.  Following Governor Bill Walker's (NGP Photo) order, the state agency responsible for the smaller pipeline, the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., plans to only continue work ...     Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman Walker halts bridge and dam spending.  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman ... Road, the Kodiak Launch Complex, and the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Project — are also ... Notably absent from the list is the larger of the state's two natural gas pipeline projects, which would bring gas from the North Slope to ... Gov. Walker halts megaprojects - Juneau Empire (subscription)  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:47-09:00December 28th, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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12-27-14

  Fifty per cent decline in oil prices since June felt across oilpatch and the country.  Calgary Herald.  The top story in the Canadian oil and gas industry in 2014 wasn't even on the radar in mid-June when West Texas Intermediate crude was trading for ...  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:47-09:00December 28th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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12-26-14

OIL SPILL RESPONSE: USCG, CCG & FOSS TEAM Canadian, U.S. Coast Guards and Foss Maritime coordinate a textbook response operation. Robust response trumps the need for later salvage. In the early hours of Friday, October 17, the crew of the Russian cargo ship Simushir attempted to repair a broken oil heater. On its way to Pevek in the Russian Far East, the vessel suddenly lost propulsion and began drifting toward the nearest land....

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 26th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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12-25-14 Merry Christmas!

On Christmas, we remember how our friend, Bill Tobin (NGP Photo), used to include this Christmas Tree every year on the Anchorage Times editorial page.  We are delighted to carry on the tradition and reprint Bill's Christmas Tree below as a tribute to our great Alaska predecessors and as a commitment to honor and propagate and emulate their pioneering spirits. MERRY CHRISTMAS!   On  This Eve  Of Christmas,  We Once Again  Decorate A Little  Tree To Say Thanks To  All Of You Who have Blessed  Us With Your Friendship Over  More years Than We Care To [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:48:00-09:00December 25th, 2014|Personal|0 Comments
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12-24-14

Fortnightly.  The Death of the Grid?  As Mark Twain would say, the reports are exaggerated.  By Charles E. Bayless.  Some have predicted the demise of the grid, as the system gradually transforms into millions of standalone renewable units, such as rooftop solar and the like, backed up by batteries or small generators. But in order to obtain the quickest adoption of renewable energy, while retaining the cheapest overall cost, the exact opposite is true. For renewable energy to succeed on a large scale, the grid is indispensable. READ MORE

By |2016-03-13T03:48:00-09:00December 25th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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12-23-14 U.S. Invests In Alaskan Arctic

Petroleum News by Alan Bailey.  Nabors rig 16-E is about to move on site to drill three new wells in the North Slope Mustang field this winter, Jack Laasch (NGP Photo), Brooks Range Petroleum’s operations strategy manager, told the Alaska Support Industry Alliance Dec. 11. Having already completed the field’s gravel access road and pad, Brook.... ADN/The Arctic Sounder by Carey Restino.   Efforts to move forward with Arctic priorities got a boost with the passage of the federal spending bill last week, which included items Alaska’s lawmakers are calling [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 23rd, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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12-22-14 Alaska Gas Project In Doubt – White House Still Stalls Keystone XL – Premier Creates Confusing Fracking Obstacle

Petroleum News by Alan Bailey (NGP Photo).  New Fracking Obstacle: What the heck is a "Social License?" CBC News by Jacques Poitras. Premier Brian Gallant says gaining social license will be one of the five conditions hydraulic fracturing will have to meet if his government is to lift its moratorium on the technique. Steve Moran, the chief executive officer of Corridor Resources, says it’s a frustratingly vague concept that he doesn’t know how to achieve. "Even the premier when he was asked didn't really have an answer in terms of what that [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 22nd, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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12-20-14

Point of personal privilege: Marilyn Elizabeth North Wilkins (NGP Photo) of Anchorage, Alaska, passed away on Dec. 11, 2014. Moving to Alaska in 1951, she met Dr. Robert Bocock Wilkins M.D. on a blind date in Anchorage in 1952. They were married on March 6, 1955. Their two children, Roberta Marie Wilkins Fraser and Lee Murray Wilkins, both reside in Anchorage.   More here....     Marilyn Elizabeth North Wilkins, 86, of Anchorage, Alaska, passed away on Dec. 11, 2014. Marilyn was born on Jan. 7, 1928, in Twin Falls, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 21st, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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12-19-14 Senate Confirms An Outstanding Nominee For FERC

Petroleum News/AP by Becky Bohrer: Gas Pipeline Coordinator Office to Close: The office of the federal coordinator for Alaska gas pipeline projects is shutting down after not being included in the budget bill that Congress recently passed.  Federal coordinator Larry Persily (NGP Photo) said he plans to have the office shut down by the end of February. Commentary.  As we slip into a pre-Christmas weekend, we decided to both wish you and yours well and provide some reading material to help in contemplating next year's challenges: a speech we gave in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 19th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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