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10-17-14 Pipeline Hopes Spring Eternal

Pipeline Hopes Spring Eternal by Dave Harbour CBC News.  Premier Brian Gallant will use a four-day trip to Alberta to meet with business and political leaders to show his new government’s support for the Energy East pipeline. Gallant and Energy Minister Donald Arseneault will leave for Alberta on Sunday and he will meet with Premier Jim Prentice, TransCanada Corp. officials and spend time drumming up possible investment opportunities ​The Calgary Herald provides a report by the Canadian Press' Ross Marowitz this morning describing opposition in Quebec originating from the province's largest [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:53-09:00October 17th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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10-16-14 Our Keystone XL Pipeline Poem – “Opportunity Lost?”

Here's Our Little Ode To A Big American Pipeline Policy Tragedy Saturday is ENERGY DAY in Houston! Houston readers: a great family event (VIDEO)!   To our other readers throughout the US and Canada: Contact CEA to replicate the model!   CNBC's Art Cashin On Oil Prices.  Readers can draw their own conclusions about how energy prices can affect the feasiblity of oil and gas pipeline and LNG projects.  -dh Macleans by Andrew Leach.  If you ask Jim Prentice, the premier of Alberta, what keeps him up at night, he might say pipelines, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:53-09:00October 16th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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10-14-14 Dandelions and Energy – National Poll Supports Offshore Oil & Gas

  How Government Deals With One Invasive Species, The Dandelion by Dave Harbour (Point of personal privilege) This is, admittedly, a pet peeve.  The only way I could relate the dandelion invasion to our study of energy, is to make a point that bureaucracies will never be as efficient with public dollars as citizens are with family dollars.  In Alaska, oil pays most of the cost of state government while families pay virtually nothing in support of their state government benefits. As a homeowner, I go out and dig up every [...]

By |2019-03-26T15:17:06-09:00October 14th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Personal, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-13-14 Federal Policies Undermine Alaska’s Enormous Energy Potential

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Communications Director, Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), wrote us this morning, "The New York Times recently ran an article with a headline pronouncing the “end” of Alaska’s energy boom. The reporter focused on how economic anxiety is affecting the state’s Senate election, but in doing so, missed a critical point about Alaska’s “dwindling” production: the main reason it continues to fall is because the federal government refuses to allow access to the vast resources on federally controlled lands."  Here is the NYT article, by Kirk Johnson.  Below is Dillon's [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:54-09:00October 13th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-12-14

In an Alaska Dispatch interview, Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) said, "With the passage of SB 138 earlier this year, we are taking steps toward construction of a natural gas pipeline. "Federal applications have been submitted, and my administration is now working with potential buyers in Japan. My administration continues to identify various financing mechanisms for the state's portion of this project; thanks to our solid credit rating, we have options."  Read more here.

By |2016-03-13T03:43:42-09:00October 12th, 2014|AGIA, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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10-11-14 “Can You Trust The US?”

WSJ Opinion: Can You Trust The US? Our Saturday Commentary: Americans cannot trust the US Administration (e.g. Alaska and Lower 48 Federal Land Restrictions and Poor Energy Policies, Eric Holder Malfeasance; Misapplication of ESA, CWA, CAA; IRS; NSA; VA; AP; EPA; Benghazi; Ebola; Sickening Open Border Policy; Prisoner Trade: One Traitor for Several Terrorists; Fast and Furious; Obamacare Lies; US Marine Rotting In Mexican Jail; Cowardly 'Red Line' Syrian Policy, Unsustainable National Debt, Emasculation of Military Strength, Pro-Muslim bias, Anti-Israel bias, Failure To Save America's ISIS-slaughtered Kurdish allies, Alliance With Senate Democrats To Kill All Pro-Job, Pro-Economy House Bills, [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:43:42-09:00October 11th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-10-14 “Interesting Moments” From Our Video Archives – Alaska’s Congressional Delegation Unites On LNG

Alaska Delegation Unites to Urge DOE Approval of Alaska LNG Export Application We continue to have high respect for Prime Minister Harper! This Week's Petroleum News Bakken - Petroleum News The Alliance's Rebecca Logan writes, "Great presentation yesterday morning by Greg Lalicker from Hilcorp!   Over 200 folks in attendance!!"  We are pleased to attach that presentation for your review.  -dh We know two Members of Alaska's Congressional Delegation who oppose President Obama's irresponsible use of Executive Orders and EPA's preemptive blockage of projects which destroys the concept of "due process" and "Rule of Law". [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:54-09:00October 10th, 2014|Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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10-9-14 Graying of the Workforce, The Great Brain Drain,

Energy Intelligence: INDUSTRY TRENDS: Alliance Planting New Crop of Oil Patch Workers *David Holt Quoted Aging baby boomers are leaving the workforce in droves. In the oil patch, this is known variously as “the great crew change," the "brain drain," or "the graying of the workforce." But whatever it's called, the energy industry is experiencing a serious labor shortage from entry-level workers to geologists and engineers. New York Times: Home Heating Costs Likely to Be Cheaper This Winter After enduring frigid temperatures and higher energy costs last winter, many American consumers will spend [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:54-09:00October 9th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-8-14 How can low oil prices produce world chaos?

Oil & Energy by Dr. Kent Moors.  How Falling Oil Prices Could Trigger an “Unpredictable and Dangerous Mess” Yesterday, ConocoPhillips announced that it has completed five-year, Alaska North Slope contracts with URS Corporation, CH2M HILL, and ASRC Energy Services.  See the full news release details here. From the office of House Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) comes this alert of interest to most natural resource companies doing business in Alaska and the American West.  We feature it in this Northern energy webpage because it demonstrates the broad, deep and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:54-09:00October 8th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-7-14 Historic Northwest Passage of Canadian Cargo Successful!

Alaska Support Industry Alliance Announces Board Changes in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Kenai Mining and Arctic Shipping Historic Voyage: What does it portend for more Alaskan and Canadian natural resource shipping and markets?   Could Russian chess players be the ultimate winners? by Dave Harbour Former Alaska Mining Association Executive Director Steve Borell linked us today with this mining.com story: According to the 70-year old shipping company (i.e. FEDNAV) the MV Nunavik will be the first vessel to carry a cargo of Arctic origins the full length of Canada’s Northwest Passage from Baffin Bay [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:54-09:00October 7th, 2014|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-6-14

See this week's Petroleum News headlines, including these: Alaska LNG team in place - 10/05/2014 (Full story) Three project offices for the Alaska LNG Project — in Anchorage, Houston and Calgary — are up and running, legislators were told Sept. 29 in Anchorage at the first public update on the project since enabling legislation was signed into law in May. Steve Butt, overall manager for the Alaska LNG  Guide to Alaska natural gas projects - 10/05/2014  Pipeline to Southcentral A 737-mile, 36-inch buried pipeline from the Prudhoe Bay field on Alaska's North Slope to the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:01-09:00October 6th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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10-3-14

CBC.  Oil prices may be at a two-year low, but that doesn’t seem to be dampening the spirits at the International Pipeline Exposition in Calgary. Cryopolitics by Mike Bennett.  On September 26, ConocoPhillips‘ Polar Discovery departed the Valdez Marine Terminal in Alaska for Yeosu, South Korea.    ...     The 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act, passed during the oil embargo to protect American consumers from price shocks and volatility, generally prohibits U.S. oil from export. Debate over the practicality of the law has grown in recent years, especially thanks to the hydraulic fracking boom in North Dakota. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:55-09:00October 3rd, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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