Fairbanks News Miner Guest Editorial by Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Walker (NGP Photo). Here we go again. With another gubernatorial election we get another gas line study (Senate Bill 138) designed to fool voters into thinking there’s progress on gas line development.
Governor's Prayer Breakfast In Anchorage This Morning While the live event is sold out, NGP readers can attend the virtual event on line by going here. The Prayer Breakfast coverage begins at 8 this morning, which is noon EDT. We have attended and covered these events in the past. Question. Why would we do that? Answer. We make occasional reference to the omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent creator of the Universe here because we are lost in the chaos of temporal issues without Him. American and Canadian energy projects, family plans, [...]
Some Dear Readers have inquired about our travels. While we always devote hours keeping NGP current -- no matter where we are --- we do not deny opportunities for consulting, photography, general writing projects and a little personal enjoyment. Last Friday, here in Cuenca, Ecuador, we went to a nearby 'volcanic spa' after updating our pipeline projects and wrote about it on Facebook last Saturday. Here is a glimpse. Enjoy your weekend! -dh Calgary Herald by Mario Toneguzzi. A bright outlook for Alberta’s economy is being haunted by pipeline risks, [...]
What Does This Week's Gas Pipeline Effort Have To Do With The August Primary Election? by Dave Harbour Thirty-three years ago this week, Alaska's governor, Jay Hammond (NGP Photo), gathered with House and Senate leadership to announce bipartisan legislation aimed at reforming oil taxes. Point of Personal Privilege: We celebrate the life and mourn the passing of our great friend, Dr. Milton Byrd (NGP Photo). (See our later update and obituary on March 3, 2014) [...]
CBC News. Joe Oliver sworn in as finance minister, Greg Rickford replacing Oliver at natural resources. Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton. After a marathon floor session that stretched well past five hours, the Senate passed Gov. Sean Parnell’s Senate Bill 138 that grants the administration sweeping power to partner with North Slope producers to move forward on the first stages of the $45 billion to $65 billion project. Commonwealth North TODAY: Today’s forum is on Alaska's Potential Investment in a North Slope Natural Gas Pipeline Project, Dena’ina Center, 3rd floor, room A, 11:30 [...]
KTUU. The Alaska Senate has passed legislation aimed at advancing a major liquefied natural gas project, over nagging concerns about the role of TransCanada Corp. The vote was 15-5.
Part IV: Can Alaska be a place where A DEAL IS A DEAL? Competition Perspectives: Part IV (Part I, Part II, Part III) Is Alaska Flirting With The Last Gas Pipe Straw? by Dave Harbour We had written a very long commentary which tried to shed light on the effect of currently discussed issues on Alaska investment climate competitiveness. We then delved into the effect various pending decisions could have on prospects for an economically feasible gas pipeline. And we concluded that, as in Canada's MGM case, investors would do the best [...]
KTOO by Ed Schoenfeld. Gov. Sean Parnell wants to look for ways to get natural gas to Alaska’s coastal communities. He says a gas line and LNG plant could benefit more than Railbelt communities.
ADN by Lisa Demer. Bethel's senator opened up the governor's natural gas pipeline legislation Friday and successfully inserted a new special energy fund that would bring cheaper energy to rural Alaska or any part of the state that wouldn't get natural gas directly. . . . Senate Bill 138 now is scheduled for debate, the possibility of more amendments and a vote before the full Senate on Tuesday. The measure sets a path to state investment in a liquefied natural gas project and pipeline estimated to [...]
Is Alaska Flirting With The Last Gas Pipe Straw? Competition Perspectives: Part IV (Part I, Part II, Part III) by Dave Harbour (Read More) Our friend, John Hofmeister (NGP Photo), former Shell President, offered this "quotable quote" on the energy situation during his interview with the Oxford Club's Energy and Infrastructure Strategist Dave Fessler: Please Consider Testifying Today, Friday, March 14 on HB 77: Improve Alaska's Permitting Efficiency (We at NGP believe this is one rather small but important way citizens can improve Alaska's investment climate--rather than our usual challenge to fight off additional investment climate attacks! -dh) Our friends at the [...]
Alaska Public Media by Alexandra Gutierrez. The latest version of a bill advancing a natural gas megaproject restores language concerning collective bargaining. The Senate Finance Co-Chair Pete Kelly announced on Tuesday evening that the committee will scrap the less specific language they had planned to use when dealing with labor terms. Commentary: The following post by the Pebble Project precisely reflects the editorial position we have taken for several years. We would add that the White House has no business lecturing Russia and other nations on the importance of [...]
Becky Booher, Associated Press: Draft Gas Pipeline/LNG Bill Proposes Changes To AGDC/Taxes Advice To Those Who Want A Vibrant Economy And Who Elect Politicians Competition Perspectives: Part III (Part I, Part II) by Dave Harbour Yesterday we finally finished a commentary on how important it is for a sovereign to pay attention to its competitive position as an investment climate. Links from the Alaska Gas Pipeline Office of The Federal Coordinator: Japan’s utilities increasingly invest in LNG projects Agreements move Alaska gas line forward Russia and Alaska share similar oil [...]
The Human Temptation To Ignore The Value Of A Competitive Investment Climate Competition Perspectives: Part II (Part I, Part III) by Dave Harbour The North American platter is heavy with energy sustenance, now manifested by the boom in oil and gas shale productivity. Last week, the office of the Federal Coordinator for the Alaska gas pipeline project summarized current and developing trends in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) competition for markets. Earlier, we commented on the same subject. Over the Weekend, we hear from British Columbia that a new taxing regime on LNG [...]
Fairbanks News Miner/AP. Allowing municipalities in on natural gas pipeline negotiations would be as “impracticable as having 60 legislators sitting at the table,” Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) wrote to four local governments concerned about property tax deals the state could cut with producers. Municipalities, including the Fairbanks North Star Borough, have raised concerns about agreements the state penned with North Slope producers and TransCanada that could allow the gasline to make payments based on throughput in lieu of traditional property taxes.
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