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4-10-13 COP Delays Arctic OCS – Obama Shorting States’ Natural Resources Revenue is, “akin to theft”! – Alaska Representative Supports Keystone XL Pipeline!

  We compliment Rep. Charisse Millett (NGP Photo) for having the initiative to weigh in on a variety of national energy issues, including this one.  If Alaska expects other states to rally to her aid when confronting examples of federal overreach, it should show itself to be a good friend to other states facing similar federal aggression.  After all, when facing the current anti development Administration America now suffers, the states must vow to hang together lest they be hanged separately.   -dh Fairbanks News Miner/AP.  ConocoPhillips Alaska says it will delay its 2014 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:52-09:00April 10th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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4-9-13

   The Make Alaska Competitive Coalition this morning sent this email message to contacts around Alaska: Alaskans will have their last opportunity to testify on how to fix ACES in front of the House Finance Committee when it takes public comment on SB 21, the Governor’s proposed oil tax reform bill. 5 - 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 Testimony will be taken statewide in person at your local Legislative Information Office. Click here for a list of Legislative Information Offices. Comments should be limited to two minutes. The Resource Development Council for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:52-09:00April 9th, 2013|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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4-8-13 Denali Gas Pipeline Anniversary

In honor of her service and life we provide some of Margaret Thatcher's quotes.  Not included is this one, perhaps the greatest of all: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”  Here is a great story.   -dh Last week, NGP reader, Dawn Patience, reminded us of a milestone that quietly passed Alaska by earlier this year, perhaps lost in the intensity of oil tax reform and intrastate gas supply project debates.   In early 2013, Alaska saw production of the 12 billionth barrel [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:53-09:00April 8th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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4-5-13

Here are some new video and audio messages dealing with the investment climate issue; they are posted on the Alaska Support Industry Alliance webpage. Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton.   With legislation backing the Fairbanks natural gas trucking project near the finish line, some lawmakers are asking about the alternatives.  The question came from Rep. Lindsey Holmes (NGP Photo) during a Thursday morning House Finance Committee meeting on legislation that would put $355 million of low-interest loans, bonds, grants and tax credits behind a project to bring North Slope liquefied natural gas and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:53-09:00April 5th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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4-4-13

NATURAL GAS WEEKLY UPDATE REPORT RELEASE – April 4, 2013 - Natural Gas Weekly Update - Data and highlights of natural gas in the United States. Calgary Herald.   A $4-billion plan for a pipeline and liquefied natural gas export terminal by Shell Canada Ltd. for Kitimat, B.C., has been submitted to federal and provincial environmental regulatory agencies.

By |2016-12-22T22:30:54-09:00April 4th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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4-3-13 Celebrating Prudhoe Bay’s 12 Billion Barrel Milestone!

This morning we sent this email to our readers regarding pending oil tax reform legislation Use Technology To Magnify Our Message!   For Our Alaska Readers:   1.  We note, somewhat belatedly, that the grand, Prudhoe Bay oil field passed the 12 billion barrel production mark recently (i.e. from the Initial Production Area only--not including production from surrounding areas).  We also regret this milestone occurred with too little fanfare!  (See Frank Baker's story, left)   2.  Alaska's economic future depends upon whether our tax and regulatory policies will deflect investment to other [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:54-09:00April 3rd, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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4-2-13

Today we heard this tax reform 'thank you' commercial on a local radio station, sponsored by the Alaska Support Industry Alliance -- illustrating the many dimensions the controversy covers.  The point about sustainable policy benefiting many generations -- not just this one --  is a cultural value we have stressed for years and we thank the Alliance for its message.  -dh Status of Alaska In-State Gas Pipeline:  The Alaska House of Representatives last night passed legislation enabling the state’s gasline development corporation to continue progressing towards building its Alaska Stand [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:54-09:00April 2nd, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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4-1-13 – Beware Of The April Fools

 Governor Sean Parnell Urges Alaskans To Comment On Tax Reform TODAY! Commentary: Just for Alaskans by  Dave Harbour Normally, our commentary is designed for consumption of Alaskans, Canadians and decision makers in the Lower 48--and our readers in other countries who are interested in how Alaskans and Canadians are confronting Northern energy challenges.   Today, we direct a comment to fellow Alaskans. Most of us know that Alaska's economy hangs on by a thread.  Elected officials talk about billions in various savings accounts in addition to the Alaska Permanent Fund. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:54-09:00April 1st, 2013|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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3-31-13

Petroleum News Alaska.  ANWR's fate on hold (Full story) A federal website says a “record of decision” is due this spring on a new management plan for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including a potential recommendation to designate more of the refuge as wilderness. But an official with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages ANWR, said the....

By |2016-03-13T03:52:07-09:00April 1st, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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3-30-13

Valdez Star.  The war of words between city officials in Valdez and Alaska House leaders in Juneau over natural gas development has moved to Facebook.  The latest disagreement between the two erupted last Thursday when Republican leaders in the Alaska House posted negative statements on its Facebook page regarding the city’s media campaign against HB4.  The AK House Majority said this in its post “An advertising push is being made by the City of Valdez against the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline project and Rep. Mike Hawker and Speaker Mike Chenault's [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:52:07-09:00March 30th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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3-29-13

Chicago Tribune Editorial.  The president should approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would link the rich oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta to U.S. refineries and ports in the Gulf of Mexico. Last Friday evening, 17 Democrats joined all of the U.S. Senate's Republicans in urging Obama to do just that. The 62-37 vote was nonbinding but signaled bipartisan frustration with the administration's reluctance to approve the project. Seward Phoenix Log by Wolfgang Kurtz.  There’s no plan to get critical natural gas supplies to Southcentral Alaska that has [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:55-09:00March 29th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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3-28-13

Calgary Herald.  In a decision that concluded tolls cannot increase every year to offset lower volumes moving through a pipeline, the National Energy Board has rejected sweeping changes put forward by pipeline giant TransCanada on its fee structure to move natural gas in Canada. Our Friends at Resource Development Council  for Alaska (RDC) Alert Us About Tomorrow's Deadline:   The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun the scoping process for the Donlin Gold LLC project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).  The Corps is accepting comments, questions, and suggestions to be considered and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:55-09:00March 28th, 2013|Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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3-27-13

Message from Governor Sean Parnell:  Alaskans are one step closer to realizing more economic opportunity through increased oil production.   Last week, the Alaska Senate passed Senate Bill 21, legislation to increase our competitiveness and grow our economy. This is welcome news for Alaskans, especially those who care about the long-term prospects for our state.   Although oil production in Alaska has been declining over the past decade, SB 21 offers an Alaska comeback in oil production. The Senate-passed measure will put us on a path to reclaiming our standing [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:55-09:00March 27th, 2013|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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3-26-13

  Tax Panel Reviews Impact On Coming Generations   By   Mary Barr   The Political Science Association of Alaska and Alaska College Republicans presented a panel last Wednesday (i.e. 3-20-13) at the University of Alaska-Anchorage campus, targeting  the impact of today’s tax policy on future prosperity.   Event Chair, Portia Watson, introduced the event moderator, Dave Harbour, publisher of Northern Gas Pipelines.  He opened the evening with a question of “intergenerational equity”.  Do we want the next generation to have the opportunities we now have, and how can we achieve [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:55-09:00March 26th, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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3-25-13

The Alaska Support Industry Alliance Placed This Advertisement In Today's Anchorage Daily News and Fairbanks News Miner. We are told it will also appear in Tuesday's Peninsula Clarion.  -ed Thank you Alaska State Senate  for supporting Alaska’s working families!   * Senator Click Bishop * Senator John Coghill * Senator Mike Dunleavy * Senator Fred Dyson * Senator Anna Fairclough * Senator Cathy Giessel * Senator Charlie Huggins * Senator Pete Kelly * Senator Lesil McGuire * Senator Kevin Meyer * Senator Peter Micciche   The Alaska Support Industry Alliance [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:30:56-09:00March 26th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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