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2-22-13

Anchorage Chamber of Commerce:  Andrew Halcro (NGP Photo-L), president of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, and Alaska Senator Bill Wielechowski (NGP Photo) have agreed to publicly debate oil tax reform at the next “Make it Monday” forum, held at noon on February 25 at the Dena’ina Center. TODAY OCS Governors, led by Alaska Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo-below), welcomed the addition of North Carolina Governor  Pat McCrory. Calgary Herald: Alberta Premier Alison Redford says she is heading to Washington this weekend to lobby for the Keystone XL pipeline and she remains confident it will [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:15-09:00February 22nd, 2013|Alaska Taxes, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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2-21-13 Reforming Alaska’s Predatory Production Tax

Our friends at Arctic Power have asked our readers to take the time to sign a petition supporting the opening of ANWR's Coastal Plain to Congressionally authorized oil and gas exploration.  We agree!   We also suggest that any American citizen or lawmaker who does not sign this petition cannot be serious about improving Alaska North Slope energy production.  - dh   A reorganization at Talisman Energy has resulted in layoffs for 90 Calgary employees, the company announced yesterday.  The company has been hinting job reductions for months and said in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:15-09:00February 21st, 2013|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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2-20-13

University of Alaska graduate Andrew Lundquist (NGP Photo with former Governor Walter J. Hickel) has joined the ConocoPhillips Executive Leadership Team as Senior Vice President, Government Affairs.  Lundquist has held high level positions within the White House and offices of both Senator Frank Murkowski and Senator Ted Stevens.  (Source: Reuters News Service)   Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton.  After sitting in committees for most of the session, momentum is building in Juneau for Fairbanks’ natural gas trucking plan, legislation critical to lowering the Interior’s heating and electricity bills. The Senate Labor [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:15-09:00February 20th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-19-13

Edmonton Journal by Sheila Pratt.  A few weeks before he stepped down as premier, Ed Stelmach flew to Fort McMurray with a key document tucked into his briefcase.  The proposal for a 20-year supply of land — enough to stabilize sky-high housing prices, enough to handle an expected 200,000 people — was a key issue for Mayor Melissa Blake and the struggling boomtown. Energy Central Commentary by Marty Rosenberg.  Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden (NGP Photo-R) has taken the helm of the powerful Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.   Many [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:15-09:00February 19th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-18-13

Testify today on Alaska's predatory oil and gas production tax.  -dh  Monday, February 18 Senate Resources - 6 p.m. SB 21 - Oil and Gas Production Tax Juneau - Capitol Room 205 Statewide - Local LIO List Here Alaska State Senate.  Fairbanks’s three state senators say Governor Sean Parnell’s (NGP Photo) mid-day announcement that North Slope oil producers have aligned on a 42-inch natural gas line is a good step in the right direction.  “I’m glad to see the producers and TransCanada have met the governor’s deadline to give us alignment on a concept,” said Senator [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:15-09:00February 18th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-17-13

Fairbanks News Miner by Dermot Cole.   The discussion of the $1 billion per year Alaska oil tax credit system suffers from an incomplete look at the statistics.

By |2016-12-22T22:31:15-09:00February 17th, 2013|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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2-16-13

Point of personal privilege:  My son, Billy, and I remember our wonderful voyage in Mid-March 2012 on the Carnival Triumph (More Carnival Triumph Photos Here). Stuff happens in any pursuit, hence the Triumph's accident a year later--last week. There are no iron-clad guarantees of perfection in life. That said, I can't wait for our next cruise. One TV talking head yesterday said, "I didn't like my cruise...felt too closed in." However. my walks on the decks at sunrise and sunset, quiet time in the cabin or ship library reading and [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:15-09:00February 16th, 2013|Notes From the Road, Personal|0 Comments
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2-15-13

Calgary Herald by Lee-Ann Goodman.  President Barack Obama’s State of the Union clarion call for action on environmental issues has put climate change at centre stage in the U.S. capital — and the Keystone XL pipeline is once again playing the role of the villain. Bobby Kennedy and Jr. protests against Keystone XL Pipeline at Lafayette Park on February 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by )  Photograph by: Leigh Vogel/Getty Images , Postmedia News 

By |2016-03-13T03:49:22-09:00February 15th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-14-13 Russian Company Buys Interest In Point Thomson Field, Containing A Quarter Of The Alaska North Slope’s Recoverable Gas Reserves

Could Russia's Rosneft Become A De Facto Alaska Gas Pipeline Player? Miami Herald by Sean Cockerham, ADN.  Russia’s state-owned oil company is poised to play a major role in developing America’s Arctic natural gas under a new agreement to give the company a stake in a huge Alaskan project.  The agreement with Exxon Mobil gives the Russian oil giant Rosneft the option to buy a 25 percent interest in the Point Thomson field, which is estimated to contain about a fourth of the massive storehouse of recoverable natural gas on [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 14th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-13-13

Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin.   ...the statements by ARC Financial's Peter Tertzakian as well as the speech delivered by former deputy prime minister Jim Prentice would have left a sense of urgency when it comes to the need to diversify markets for Alberta's oil production.  (Note: Friday's meeting of  Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird with newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.) This special edition of the Cruthirds Report (Requires Subscription) provides highlights and observations from the “Three Interconnections Meeting: Facing the Future With Interconnection-wide Planning” that was held in conjunction with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 13th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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2-12-13

CBC News.  The proposed Keystone XL pipeline, trade, energy security, the environment, Iran, Syria and Mali, even hockey — were among the topics discussed when Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird met with newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today stressed the importance of a thoughtful approach to dealing with issues affecting natural gas during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the topic.   “Without a doubt, the new technology that we’re seeing has enabled a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 12th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-11-13

 U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate demanding that the Secretary of the Interior put the health and safety of Alaskans above the inconvenience of migrating birds when deciding whether a land exchange, involving the Izembek National Refuge, that would grant the residents of King Cove limited road access to emergency medical care was in the public interest. Click to watch video clip of Sen. Murkowski’s floor speech on the King Cove Road “Five years ago this Congress approved a land [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 11th, 2013|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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2-8-13

Calgary Herald/Vancouver Sun by Gordon Hamilton.  The Canadian oil and gas industry is asking Ottawa for subsidies that could be worth $2 billion in tax savings to encourage the development of liquefied natural gas plants in British Columbia. Next Week's Alaska Senate Resources Committee Hearings Here! Executive Director, Jim Egan (NGP Photo), tells us that today's Commonwealth North meeting at noon in Anchorage: 2525 C St., will feature Apache Alaska Corp General Manager, John Hendrix. Fairbanks News Miner/AP.  A Senate panel said Thursday that Alaska's oil tax system likely helped [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 8th, 2013|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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2-7-13

Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo) House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo), along with Ranking Member Ed Markey (D-MA), Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) and Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), today introduced H.R. 527, The Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act.  This bipartisan legislation would prevent the closure of the Federal Helium Reserve, which by law is scheduled to close later this year resulting in a 30 percent reduction in the global helium supply.   delivered a speech to hundreds of oil and gas explorers and investors during [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 7th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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2-6-13

Energy 20/20: A Vision for American’s Energy Future.   To read the full document, click  here: http://bit.ly/Energy2020Doc   To view the fact sheet, click  here: http://bit.ly/Energy2020Facts   To read her speech from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Winter Committee Meetings, click here: http://bit.ly/Energy2020NARUC   To watch an excerpt of her NARUC speech, click here:  http://bit.ly/EnergyIsGood   To watch her full speech at NARUC, click here: http://bit.ly/NARUCSpeech2013   To watch her press conference on Energy 20/20, click here:  http://bit.ly/Energy2020Presser   To watch her interview with Andrea Mitchell, click here:  http://bit.ly/Energy2020MSNBC Premiers' meeting to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:16-09:00February 6th, 2013|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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