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9-17-13 The Weakening Rule of Law is “Made in America”

Today We Begin the First Full Day of the Alaska Oil and Gas Congress--with American and Canadian content.  Readers will find the two day agenda here, along with yesterday's important Alaska in-state energy seminar pre-conference agenda. Here is another current case involving EPA overreach, as reported by KTUU.com.   Gov. Sean Parnell is repeating his contention that federal officials were heavy handed in investigating placer mines in the Fortymile River area last month.   The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Parnell on Saturday traveled to Chicken to meet with miners. ...  Parnell says four to seven [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:17-09:00September 17th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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9-16-13 Oil and Gas Congress Kicks Off This Week

Alaska's 9th Annual Oil and Gas Congress begins tomorrow, moderated by your author and North Slope Borough Mayor Charlotte Brower (NGP Photo).  Today's pre-session, chaired by former Alaska Senate President Drue Pearce (NGP Photo), will include presentations by a host of Alaska in-state energy leaders from public and private sectors. Governor Sean Parnell last week made a key move in finalizing the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, furthering the state’s efforts to bring Alaska’s natural gas to Alaskans. The governor announced his appointments to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) Board [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 16th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-13-13

(Reuters) - Alaska has signed an agreement with theJapan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to investigate natural resource exports in a renewed sign of demand for the state's natural gas, officials said on Wednesday.

By |2016-12-22T22:30:17-09:00September 13th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-12-13

CBC.  Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says he's been getting an "enthusiastic" reaction from the new U.S. energy secretary on a proposal from Ottawa that Canada and the United States work together on targets to reduce emissions from oil and gas production. Petroleum News by Wesley Loy.  Energy companies pursuing a proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline have been conducting summer field surveys along the line’s probable northern corridor between Livengood and Prudhoe Bay.  

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 12th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-11-13 “Lest We Forget”

Chris Smith Nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy “Many of us recall September 11, 2001,” said Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo). “It’s a day that will live forever in our memories. We observe this day in honor of those who were injured or who died, when our homeland came under attack by terrorists.” CBC.  TransCanada Corp.'s proposed west-east pipeline could create 10,000 jobs and generate $10 billion in additional GDP during the development and construction phase... Today, we provide our energy column, "Decision", sent to tens of thousands [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:17-09:00September 11th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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9-10-11 – More On Federal Overreach

EPA's Unreasonable Fuel Standards Tomorrow is 9/11.  Join with good people in Lamar, Colorado and throughout the nation as we strive  to, "never forget". Today, an Alaska World Affairs luncheon presentation by Arctic Ambassador David Balton (NGP Photo) will convene at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel.  Students will receive free lunches courtesy of BP and the University of Alaska will provide hosted lunches for faculty and staff.  (See our earlier report and comment regarding Arctic policy.  This should be an important, educational forum and we hope for a series of penetrating questions dealing with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:17-09:00September 10th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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9-9-13 Saturday Market

Point of personal privilege: having been involved in creation of Anchorage's Saturday Market twenty years ago -- as a venue for several hundred small businesses -- we follow the progress of the market with interest.  We know that wealthy downtown special interests would like to see the market moved to the streets in front of their businesses.  We do not object to allowing markets to flourish elsewhere but not at the expense of the established, proven, successful Saturday Market.  We continue to believe that any decisions affecting the future of the market [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:18-09:00September 9th, 2013|Personal|0 Comments
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9-7-13 Keystone Deal That Will Make Consumers Suffer

Reuters.  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, trying to win U.S. backing for the Keystone XL pipeline, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama proposing joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in theoil and gas sector, CBC News said on Friday.  The White House has not responded to the letter, which was sent in late August, CBC said, although Harper met Obama briefly during the just-ended G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.  Obama has the final say over whether to let the pipeline cross from Canada into the United States [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:18-09:00September 9th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-6-13 North Slope Borough Breaks Ground For $90 Million In Utility Improvements At Prudhoe Bay

"US Leadership In An Emerging Arctic" is the lecture topic next Tuesday in Anchorage, when Ambassador David Balton (NGP Photo) and former Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer (NGP Photo) will address the World Affairs Council.  Reservations here. Various Arctic energy issues are certain to be addressed, including Arctic shipping, resource development, and sovereignty issues.  -dh   "Alaska's Troubled Romance With LNG", by Dave Harbour.  Here is this week's Xtra column, submitted for distribution to tens of thousands of households.   Note that these columns (see them all, here) are limited to about 1,000 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:18-09:00September 6th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy, Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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9-5-13

Office of the Federal Gas Pipeline Coordinator:   Canadian regulator asks export applicants to reassess local needs B.C. may be too optimistic about its LNG chances, bank says Price spike could stall U.S. LNG export approvals, report says Canadian LNG projects have to overcome challenges, report says Company considering gas-fired power plant for B.C. LNG industry Tight global LNG supply likely until second half 2014, report says Papua New Guinea LNG plant on schedule for first gas in 2014 India takes lead in trying to put together ‘gas buyers’ club’ [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:56:30-09:00September 5th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-4-13

Note to readers: we are traveling to Prudhoe Bay this morning for groundbreaking of the North Slope Borough's new, $90 million water and waste water treatment plant.  More tomorrow.  -dh News Miner.  The Fairbanks Chapter of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance is hosting a discussion about the liquefied natural gas feasibility study at a lunch meeting from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge. Speakers at the meeting will be Gene Therriault of the Alaska Energy Authority and Mark Davis of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:18-09:00September 4th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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9-3-13

  Point of personal privilege:  Our friend and former Valdez mayor, city councilman, businessman and Alaska public servant John Kelsey passed away Tuesday, Aug. 27. He was 93 years old.  (Kelsey was a longtime supporter of a pipeline/LNG project terminating in Valdez.  Another longtime LNG advocate for a Valdez project was former Governor Bill Egan, also of Valdez.    -dh)  The Hill: REGULATION NATION: Obama rulemaking system seen as deeply flawed -  By Ben Goad and Julian Hattem  Canada's Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education: a 3 month preview of upcoming courses. Today's [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:19-09:00September 3rd, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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9-1-13 EPA Swat Team Raids Innocent Alaska Miners

The Overreaching EPA Also see Freedom Works Blog by Jon Gabriel by Dave Harbour  Our hats are off to this perceptive, Fairbanks News-Miner opinion: An important policy call awaits Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, who just visited Alaska. Will she use a section of the federal Clean Water Act to pre-empt any further consideration of the Pebble mine? Doing so would be an abuse of a questionable authority using incomplete information. Last month and for some time we have lamented erosion of the rule of law in the United States [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:19-09:00September 2nd, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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8-30-13

John Hofmeister Opines Today On Syria Early this morning, one of our favorite CNBC talking heads, John Hofmeister (NGP Photo), said the oil industry in the Middle East is facing, "...death by a thousand duck bites." He said that one of the effects of Obama's impending attack on Syria is uncertainty.  "Companies are not going to let employees and assets be at risk."  He said that as companies face more risk, they will shut down operations. "Egypt's oil industry has a hard time right now getting people to show up [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:23-09:00August 30th, 2013|Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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