Oil Tax Reform: Michael Soukup of Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) office tells us that, "Alaskans are continuing to speak up about the new opportunities being created as a result of the More Alaska Production Act." James McMilon of Teamsters Local 959 in Fairbanks spoke recently about the opportunities he’s seeing and what the MAP Act means to his organization.  Go here for a number of testimonials from grass roots citizens discussing the effect of oil tax reform on their own jobs and hopes for the future.  -dh North Slope Borough [...]

  President Obama's Climate Action Plan by Executive Order. WSJ: EPA Chief Vows To Continue Climate-Change Crusade--Says Jobs Will Increase Without Providing Evidence. EnergyBiz by Martin Rosenberg.  I recently caught up with Philip D. Moeller (NGP Photo.  Note, our friend, Phil, is a former Alaskan), a member of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after he met with energy leaders in Lawrence, Kan. Getting natural gas infrastructure built and paid for was on his mind — as was the vulnerabilities that may emerge as our dependence on gas escalates. Office [...]

Our Xtra Commentary This Week: "Is the federal government overreaching its authority in Alaska?" Energy Wire.  Alaska boy Beaudreau finds his way home at Interior Last September, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy Beaudreau (NGP Photo-6-14-13 White House Arctic Policy 'Listening Session') received a rare invitation from a group of Alaska's North Slope whalers to visit a tiny Arctic island that the villagers use to launch their fall whaling trips. Cross Island, an eyebrow-shaped sliver of land, is located 20 miles from Prudhoe Bay, the heart of Alaska's North Slope oil development [...]