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12-1-14 Call To Action Tonight In Anchorage!

Call To Action: TONIGHT IN ANCHORAGE! Send us your comments to be preserved in our searchable archives! Our friend, Carl Portman (NGP Photo), of the Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) reminds us that tonight the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be holding a public hearing at 7 p.m. on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193. The hearing will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel, 109 W. International Airport Road.  Members and supporters of the Consumer Energy Alliance, RDC and the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 1st, 2014|Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal|0 Comments
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11-30-14

    Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman What's next for Sean Parnell? Juneau Empire (subscription) Sean Parnell welcomed his first grandchild into the world. ... Another is making sure that the (liquefied natural) gas pipeline project stays on track.  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00November 30th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11-29-14

News Miner.  Bill Walker (NGP Photo) is coming into the governor's office faced with high expectations for a renewed spirt of bipartisanship in Alaska politics and the grim reality of plunging oil prices and gaping budget holes.     Calgary Herald Canada still in LNG game, Calgary Herald.  More from Brian Burton, for the Calgary ... I was working in-house for the international arm of TransCanada Pipelines, ... Qatar was embarking on a massive expansion of its gas projects and ... years of living in Doha, it was time to move my family back [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 30th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-28-14

See Petroleum News' New Issue Today, Including This Story:    Oil industry employment hits records - 11/30/2014  Employment in the Alaska oil industry looks set to hit a record level again this year, Neal Fried, an economist with the Alaska Department of Labor, told the Resource Development Council's annual conference on Nov. 19. Apart from 2010, each year since 2007 has marked a new record for employment leve.... From Canada:   CBC.ca Oil price decline could lead to global shocks: Don Pittis CBC.ca.  Talk of a gas pipeline faded. I have no evidence to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 28th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11/27/14 Canadian and American Leaders Make Pipelines A Political Issue

Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban.  Gov.-elect Bill Walker (NGP Photo) on Monday began the thorny task of meeting with officials from the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., an entity he targeted during his campaign as ripe for cuts, with its high salaries and the state's dueling gas pipeline projects. Commentary.  We have long respected the objective reporting and wise commentary that the Calgary Herald provides its fortunate readers.  Today, Editorial Board writer, David Marsden , provides a concise, common sense, pipeline perspective.  In it, he reveals the harmful and illogical pipeline agendas embraced by [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 27th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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11-26-14 U.S. Thanksgiving Prayers and Pipelines

US Thanksgiving 2014: Americans Thankful For Plenty Should Be Thankful To Their Creator and Their Devout Predecessors! -dh ADN by Alex DeMarban.  Gov.-elect Bill Walker (NGP Photo) on Monday began the thorny task of meeting with officials from the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., an entity he targeted during his campaign as ripe for cuts, with its high salaries and the state's dueling gas pipeline projects. Western Canadian pipelines may be looking better but they, Keystone XL and Energy East still have their challenges.          -dh   Quebec won't be pressured [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 26th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11-25-14 Alaskanomics’ Northern Energy Report (RDC)

RDC Alert! (Send us your ARCTIC OCS comment for our archives!)  Petroleum News reports what the Russians are doing in the OCS! Reader Steve Borell provides this link: Germany overreacted by diminishing nuclear power in wake of the ​Fukushima ​disaster--and now is desperate for more coal fired power!  -dh Calgary Herald by James Wood.  Alberta Premier Jim Prentice sees opportunity trumping obstacles.  -dh Today's Consumer energy Alliance energy links. Pebble Partnership's short term judicial victory; but the jury is still out on the long term result of EPA coordinating with environmental activists to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 25th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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11-24-14 RDC’s Conference Hosts Corporate and Government Leaders

ADN/Arctic Sounder by Carey Restino.  The Arctic Policy Commission met this week in Anchorage, taking testimony ... has recommended sweeping infrastructure improvements in the Arctic, as well as increased funding for and presence of the U.S. Coast Guard. Here is the agenda for last Thursday's Resource Development Council for Alaska program along with many video links: RDC’s 35th Annual Conference Presentations Alaska Resources Conference November 19-20, 2014 Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center Some videos and pdfs are large files and may take a moment to open. All available presentations have been posted. Wednesday [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 24th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-23-14

Calgary Herald by James Wood.  Premier Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) says he can do business with the Ontario and Quebec premiers even as they put in place potential new hurdles to pipeline development.  On Friday, Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne and Quebec’s Philippe Couillard agreed to a joint response to projects such as TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Energy East, saying that such pipelines have to be environmentally sound, enjoy local community and First Nations support and provide economic benefits to the two provinces.  (Video Here)

By |2016-03-13T03:46:12-09:00November 23rd, 2014|Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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11-22-14

Plunging oil prices cast shadow over weekend's Walker-Mallott transition conference, Alex DeMarban     Calgary He Drilling forecast calls for 10% activity decline in 2015 Calgary Herald By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald November 20, 2014 ... 10 per cent decline in drilling activity in 2015 due to delays in takeaway pipeline construction, ...  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 22nd, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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11-21-14

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) today applauded the Department of Energy’s authorization for Alaska’s proposed liquefied natural gas project (LNG) to export to countries with free trade agreements (FTA) with the United States.   The decision authorizes exports to South Korea and other nations FTA with the United States. A separate authorization is needed to ship LNG to non-FTA countries.   “This FTA license is good news for Alaska, but by law it had to be approved. The real test is the non-FTA license,” Murkowski said. “I am watching [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 21st, 2014|Interstate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11-20-14 Can Prentice Rescue Keystone?

   Video   TIME Prentice heading to Washington after Keystone pipeline falls short of approval Edmonton Journal Prentice heading to Washington after Keystone pipeline falls short of approval ... Premier Jim Prentice will travel in January to Washington, D.C., where he ... additional action on greenhouse gas emissions to win Obama's approval of KTNA Radio: Listen to the Audio.  The State of Alaska has made many attempts to build a gas pipeline.  Currently, a lot of effort is being put into the Alaska LNG Project, a partnership between the state, the three largest oil producers, and Trans-Canada.  The project [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 20th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11-19-14

    CBC.ca Is Barack Obama telling the truth about the Keystone XLpipeline? CBC.ca It won't lead to lower gas prices, nor create much work aside from ... it has no intention of exporting Canadian crude oil from the Keystone XL pipeline.

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 20th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-18-14 TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline: “The Medium Is The Message”, But All Is Not Lost….

Personal note: en route today from Cuenca, Ecuador to Anchorage.... Globe & Mail.  In Alberta, where the Conservatives are Progressive, Premier Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) accurately described his province’s biggest challenge in a weekend speech to his party. Alberta, he said, has to find new markets in Asia for its oil, and the only way it can do that is by redefining the province “as an environmental leader.” CBC.  TransCanada is launching an aggressive campaign to get public support and recruit "advocates" for its Energy East pipeline.  Documents obtained by Greenpeace and shared [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 18th, 2014|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Keystone XL, Notes From the Road, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-17-14

Courtesy of the Alaska Gas Pipeline Federal Inspector come today's relevant energy links: Canadian LNG will be among the world’s most expensive, IEA says   Residents protest LNG project north of Vancouver, B.C.   Freeport LNG in Texas clears final hurdles to construction   Falling oil prices will have ‘profound effects’ on LNG   U.S. model for LNG sales could be a problem with low oil prices   Gas deal with Russia will help stabilize prices in China, Fitch says   Latest deal with China gives Russia option to shift gas from Europe [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:51-09:00November 17th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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