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8-19-14 Today Alaskan Voters Determine Their Future!

Primary Election Day In Alaska A Historic Day Whereupon Alaskan Voters Will Determine the Future Of Their State and Their Country! by Dave Harbour ​(Responses to commentary) Alaska: Where A Deal Is A Deal? Last Spring we wrote a four part series, here, on Alaska's oil tax history going back to forty years.  We also explored Alaska's current status as a competitive investment climate and coined a phrase: "In Alaska, Is A Deal A Deal?", and variations on that theme. In one column, below, we explored the concept of a competitive investment climate/tax [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:13-09:00August 19th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-18-14 ND Production Makes New Record

Washington Times - AP.   North Dakota’s Industrial Commission says oil production numbers hit record highs again in the state in June as the state’s booming oil industry continues to grow. A report released Friday shows oil drillers in the state produced an average of about 1.09 million barrels of oil a day in June.

By |2016-03-13T03:55:07-09:00August 18th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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8-17-14

Petroleum News Alaska by Eric Lidji.  Hilcorp planning Bartolowits program - 08/17/2014  Hilcorp Alaska LLC is planning a five-well program at the Ninilchik unit. The Houston-based independent plans to drill two development wells at the Bartolowits pad by the end of the year and as many as three additional wells through 2017. The Bartolowits pad is in the northern portion of the Ninilch.....  

By |2016-03-13T03:55:07-09:00August 18th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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8-17-14

Petroleum News Alaska by Eric Lidji.  Hilcorp planning Bartolowits program - 08/17/2014  Hilcorp Alaska LLC is planning a five-well program at the Ninilchik unit. The Houston-based independent plans to drill two development wells at the Bartolowits pad by the end of the year and as many as three additional wells through 2017. The Bartolowits pad is in the northern portion of the Ninilch.....  

By |2016-03-13T03:55:07-09:00August 18th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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8-16-14 Open Offshore Production

More than 125,000 US Consumers Say Open Up New Offshore Areas for Energy Production More than 125,000 US consumers support of a robust offshore energy development program.  Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) and its partner organizations have submitted these comments to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) just before the end of the comment period on a new five-year offshore energy leasing plan.    American consumers overwhelmingly support a commonsense energy policy that includes expanding access to offshore areas where responsible exploration for oil and natural gas can be [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:14-09:00August 16th, 2014|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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8-15-14 Shame on you for not backing up!!!

Dear NGP Reader: KTUU.  Dillingham is more than 100 miles downstream from where the Pebble Partnership would like to mine copper and gold. It's the biggest city in the Bristol Bay region, a place where many voices can be heard. (See our earlier reports.) We had one of the most important commentaries in our history ready for this morning when the electrical power failed and we lost four hours worth of work.   You are, therefore, entitled and encouraged to give us a stern look accompanied by your gentle but firm [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:14-09:00August 15th, 2014|Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-14-13 Yes, Russian Eyes Are On Canada, Alaska and the Lower 48

Commentary: We can't help wondering about wandering Russian eyes, now turned more than ever toward the Arctic, shared by Canada and U.S., among others.  With more incursions of Russian bombers into our airspace, with Russian aggression and energy blackmail occuring in Ukraine, with Russian interest in Exxon's Point Tompson Field, with increasing Russian involvement in North American energy projects, and, now, with Russia lobbying against exports to Europe, we wonder -- as do our good readers -- at how entangling energy alliances involving Russia will affect Alaskan and Canadian energy [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:14-09:00August 14th, 2014|Commentary|0 Comments
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8-13-14 EPA’s Alaska Hearings Began Yesterday

Alaska Miners Association Summary of Yesterday's Meetingvideo platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player ADN by Lisa Demer.  The fight over the proposed Pebble mine came to the Egan Center on Tuesday at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing before a crowd of hundreds, some holding salmon cutouts or wearing anti-Pebble stickers and others with red stop signs saying “Hands off Alaska.”     ***     Deantha Crockett, executive director of the Alaska Miners Association (NGP Photo), told EPA that she fields calls regularly from potential financiers wondering whether it’s safe to invest [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:14-09:00August 13th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-12-14

ADN by Tim Bradner.  The contentious vote on Ballot Measure 1, asking voters whether or not to repeal the oil production tax change made in 2013, is seven days away. RELATED:  Tim Bradner: Alaska could use more of the independent spirit Buccaneer displayed Tim Bradner: Without LNG, what's our Plan B? But since everyone else is blathering on about this, I want my final two cents’ worth. Two arguments made for the repeal, and against the new tax law, really surprise me. One is that the change will cost revenues and rob [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:14-09:00August 12th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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8-11-14

Wall Street Journal by Cassandra Sweet and Jim Carlton.  In U.S. Energy Boom, Alaska Is Unlikely Loser.  former Dominant Oil Player Losing Out To Places Like North Dakota. Note: The Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) urges our NGP readers in Anchorage to attend and testify at an EPA Public Hearing TOMORROW.  We and RDC believe that any project in Alaska should be vetted through existing permitting processes, and be properly evaluated through the National Environmental Policy Act.  Public testimony will be limited to two minutes per person, with tribal [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:15-09:00August 11th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-8-14 Is Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal Destroying America? Comment: those government comment periods…

See Our Commentary On Federal Government Comment Periods Now Underway Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Pengrowth Energy Corp. will deliver output from its Lindbergh thermal oilsands project starting next year on a pipeline operated by heavy oil rival Husky Energy Inc., it reported Thursday after markets closed. Homer News by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo, Nikiski, Circa 2002).  The Alaska LNG Project LLC has purchased 120.4 acres from private landowners for a large liquefied natural gas plant at Nikiski, has an additional 97 acres under contract for purchase and also is working with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:15-09:00August 8th, 2014|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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8-7-14 NIMBY and “palpable tensions” among stakeholders

A Fairbanks columnist (i.e. below) admits a conflict of interest -- then opposes a pipeline gravel site possibly needed for a gas pipeline that could lower Fairbanks consumer energy costs.   It is a classic example of NIMBY, "Not In My Back Yard".  We do not suggest it is improper for a columnist to pen commentary.  Neither do we proclaim NIMBY to be a 'bad' thing.  We do suggest NIMBY is a reality upon which pipeline 'stakeholder relations' professionals must concentrate.   There is a palpable tension among various special interests: affected [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:24-09:00August 7th, 2014|AGDC, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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8-6-14

News Miner by Jeff Richardson.  Jim Plaquet has crunched the numbers, and he presents a few pieces of scratch paper filled with tiny handwritten figures to prove it.  Contractors, welding shops, trucking companies and more — they’ve all seen an employment boost since the Legislature passed Senate Bill 21, its industry-friendly overhaul of the state’s oil tax structure. Last winter — the first production season since the new system was signed in 2013 — included a hiring spike that hasn’t been seen in years, he said.

By |2016-03-13T03:55:24-09:00August 6th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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8-5-14

Globe & Mail by Gwyn Morgan.  The proposed Northern Gateway project has become a flashpoint for the growing debate about the safety of oil pipelines. Yet despite the arguments put forward by its proponents and opponents, many Canadians lack a broader perspective from which to measure the risks and rewards of what would be a vital oil-export conduit. ADN by Rich Mauer.  Which oil-tax system is best for Alaska?   Today's Consumer Energy Alliance Energy News Links:   WTAJ (CBS) - Johnstown-Altoona, PA: WTAJ News This Morning   WPXI-TV Pittsburgh: News  KOA-Denver: News    KDKA- Pittsburgh: News  106.7 – Atlanta: News    Roll Call: Skirting [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:15-09:00August 5th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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8-4-14

ADN by Alex DeMarban.  On Thursday, as part of an effort to increase transparency, Exxon flew journalists to see the largest development underway on the North Slope: the $4 billion Point Thomson gas field near the fiercely protected Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  ...   The Exxon official who has managed the project the last five years, Sofia Wong (NGP Photo), told reporters on the media tour why Exxon was investing so much in what she considers “the middle of nowhere.  “The answer is we have a world-class reservoir right under our feet.”   [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:15-09:00August 4th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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