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10-21-13

HOUSTON'S ENERGY DAY IS BIG SUCCESS!  Cities all over North America could emulate this model to interest children in Innovation, Science, Technology, Energy, Engineering and Math! Energy Day Festival Sparks New Interests for Houston Area Students  Mayor Parker and Event Organizers Urge Students to Pursue Careers in Energy  Houston, TX – Twenty thousand people turned out Saturday to applaud more than 85 Houston area teachers and students who were recognized at the third annual Energy Day Festival.  Elementary, middle school and high school age students participated in one of six contests exploring the science and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:57-09:00October 21st, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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10-20-13

HuffPost British Columbia and CP by Lauren Krugel.   There's nothing more urgent right now for Canada than to get into the liquefied natural gas export game, CIBC executive and former federal Conservative cabinet minister Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) said Wednesday. "LNG growth is unfolding in real time, all around the world. The lion's share of investment is up for grabs. The biggest winners are far from being determined," he said in prepared remarks to the Canada LNG Export Forum. "For Canada, nothing is more urgent right now than getting in the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:10-09:00October 20th, 2013|LNG|0 Comments
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10-19-13

Petroleum News.  State regulators are delaying their decision about Interior gas providers until December.  The Regulatory Commission of Alaska is currently considering similar and separate requests from Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC and the Interior Alaska Natural Gas Utility to provide gas service to North Pole, Eielson Air Force Base and the surrounding area.

By |2016-03-13T03:43:57-09:00October 20th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-18-13

Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) will deliver remarks to the Fairbanks Chapter of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance and the Mat-Su Business Alliance Forum today.  Y'all come! 1.  Fairbanks.  Alaska Support Industry Alliance, 9 a.m., Westmark Hotel Financial Post by Diane Francis.  A major discovery of oil in shale deposits was made this year near Norman Wells (1,700 km north of Edmonton and 500 km south of Inuvik) and a bidding and drilling frenzy is underway.  ...   Vast portions of Canada’s North are unexplored and unmapped, making Canada itself a laggard in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:10-09:00October 18th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-17-13

Sun Herald by Mary Margaret Halford.  To former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott (John Fitzhugh-Sun Herald Photo; Lott with Mississippi Energy Institute p​resident Patrick Sullivan), when it comes to discussing everything from jobs to national security in America, energy is a topic worth mentioning.  "The great news story in America today is energy," Lott said Tuesday morning at the 53rd annual meeting of the Southern States Energy Board. "Even while our economy has been struggling along, there have been great things happening with energy."  (Also, scroll down for yesterday's report.  Alaska [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 17th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-16-13 “It’s A Wonderful Life!”

Calgary Herald BY LAUREN KRUGEL, CP​.  “I was not a huge supporter of how actively the federal government was a year or two ago in promoting pipeline projects for its interests and taking on some of the opposers,” Ian Anderson told an Calgary business audience on Wednesday. ​Comment: Alaskans can be proud of the leadership role Governor Sean Parnell has assumed as Chairman of the OCS Governors Coalition--in support of responsible domestic energy exploration and production.  Here are photos of yesterday's meeting in Mississippi.  -dh     It's A Wonderful [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 16th, 2013|Commentary|0 Comments
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10-15-13 Final Tax Filing Day

Personal to readers: We confess to have been almost totally absorbed with our accountant in preparing over the last week for today's electronic filing to the IRS.  We, therefore, are grateful to patient readers for your understanding and patience.  -dh Alaska Dispatch by Pat Forgey.   "Enstar's proposed (Gas Supply Agreement) immediately raised concerns because it would have increased natural gas costs to the company's captive ratepayers – a topic of special concern for the Murkowski administration," then-Attorney General David Márquez said following the decision.           [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 15th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-14-13

Alaska Support Industry Alliance Annual Meeting Keynote Speech: Helvi Sandvik (coming on 10-16-13....) Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban.  An impoverished group of Northwest Alaska villages whose residents hunt walrus and seals to survive have banded together to form a corporation to capitalize on an economic boom on the U.S. side of the Arctic, should that day ever come. ... The group's efforts will bear their first fruit early next week. Royal Dutch Shell agreed to sponsor a hazardous materials training workshop in Wales for 12 to 24 residents living in that village at [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 12th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-11-13

Houston Readers: Next Saturday, October 19, Consumer Energy Alliance and the University of Houston will conduct another Energy Day.   Free Family Festival with food, games and events along with fascinating exhibits dealing with science, energy, technology, innovation and conservation. Where and When: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Hermann Square, City Hall, 900 Smith Street, Houston!  www.energydayfestival.org.     -dh CBC News.  ​Dozens of people showed up to a TransCanada public consultation on its pipeline proposal in Stittsville on Thursday evening. Energy Daily.  Extracting shale oil and gas reserves through [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:11-09:00October 11th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-11-13

Area Development.  “This is a step forward for the Alaska LNG project and shows continued progress toward building Alaska’s energy future,” said Steve Butt, Senior Project Manager. “The work that we have put into the site selection process gives us confidence that the Nikiski site is the lead location for the LNG plant and terminal. The Nikiski site also results in a pipeline route that provides an access opportunity to North Slope natural gas by the major population centers in Fairbanks, Mat-Su Valley, Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula.” ... A competitive, predictable [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 11th, 2013|LNG|0 Comments
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10-10-13

News Miner, by Matt Buxton.  Ray Latchem, the president of Spectrum LNG, LLC, outlined what he says is a more economically viable North Slope natural gas processing facility than the state’s project to a luncheon hosted by the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday. ESA Working Group Hears from Participants from Across the Nation on the Need to Improve and Update the Law WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Endangered Species Act (ESA) Congressional Working Group, led by Representatives Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Cynthia Lummis (WY-at large), today held a forum entitled “Reviewing 40 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 10th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-9-13

ADN by Frank Gerjevic.  Everyone applauded this week when the major North Slope petroleum producers and TransCanada said they'd settled on Nikiski as the Southcentral Alaska site for a gas pipeline terminus and natural gas liquefaction plant. ... Another reason is that we've seen so many milestones now on the road to the next milestone that you begin to wonder if the road does go on forever.  Well, good for Nikiski. But I wouldn't make book on the line yet.

By |2016-03-13T03:45:15-09:00October 9th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-8-13

(See our 10-4-13 story), "...in answer to a question dealing with final terminus of the pipeline and siting for an LNG export plant, she said that "over twenty sites have been evaluated and prioritized but it is premature to announce the location of the site at this point." Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim  Bradner (NGP Photo of Bradner at Nikiski LNG Site, 2001).  North Slope producers and TransCanada Corp. have selected a site at Nikiski on the Kenai Peninsula as the proposed terminus for a 42-inch North Slope gas [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 8th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, LNG, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-7-13

Winter Energy Outlook EIA's Winter Fuels Outlook will be included in the October 2013 Short-Term Energy Outlook which will be released at 10:00 a.m. on October 8, 2013 on the EIA website at:  http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/  Alaska Dispatch by Suzanna Caldwell.   ... For the last decade, utilities and producers have warned of possible natural gas shortages in Southcentral Alaska. Aging wells in Cook Inlet have steadily waned in production. Despite the possibility of trillions of cubic feet of gas remaining undeveloped in the region, new wells haven't come online fast enough to keep up with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 7th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-7-13

Winter Energy Outlook EIA's Winter Fuels Outlook will be included in the October 2013 Short-Term Energy Outlook which will be released at 10:00 a.m. on October 8, 2013 on the EIA website at:  http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/     

By |2016-12-22T22:30:12-09:00October 7th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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