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11-14-12

Calgary Herald by Deborah Yedlin (Photo).  For years, energy scarcity is what has driven government energy policy.  Nowhere more so than Alberta.  But that changed, for real, on Monday when the International Energy Agency released its latest forecast for production and consumption. Homer Tribune, by Naomi Klouda.  Buccaneer Energy Limited intends to move forward with drilling plans three miles offshore from Anchor Point this winter, the company announced on Tuesday. 
In a press from the company’s Houston headquarters, the company did not commit to a date for when the Endeavour [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:25-09:00November 14th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-13-12 – “Alaska Under Siege”

"ALASKA UNDER SIEGE" Video Production (View This Classic Three Part Series Below) by Dan Fagan Our Commentary.  Dan Fagan's (NGP Photo) world class video documentary should be required viewing for every Alaska citizen, member of Congress, every federal official dealing with Alaska energy and natural resource issues and our Canadian readers desiring to better understand their westerly, Northern cousin. Part one of the series introduces the concept of federal overreaching jurisdiction in Alaska, the application of the federal ‘iron fist’ and how it is successfully clouding the potential, bright future of Alaska (and [...]

By |2017-06-09T08:28:16-09:00November 13th, 2012|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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11-12-12

Petroleum News Alaska by Eric Lidji (NGP Photo).  The public corporation of the state is currently conducting due diligence to determine whether it should build, own and operate a 4.5-mile access road connecting the existing Tarn road to the Mustang field, as well as a production pad at the development site.   After announcing a 40 million barrel discovery earlier this year, the small independent Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. is working to bring the Mustang field online by 2014.  Consumer Energy Alliance Weekly Report Your Alaska Link hosts Doreen Lorenz and [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:30-09:00November 12th, 2012|AGDC, AGIA|0 Comments
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11-10-12

Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska commented on the peer review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s assessment of theBristol Bay watershed. The document summarizes the three-day peer review meeting in Anchorage in August.   “The peer review panel’s recommendations make it clear that the EPA has a lot of work left to do if the goal is to issue a scientifically-sound document,” Murkowski said. “I remain concerned that the agency has chosen to evaluate a hypothetical mine that does not reflect modern mining practices.”   An independent contractor facilitated the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:30-09:00November 10th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-9-12

Canadian Press.  As Kinder Morgan launches a series of information sessions in the Metro Vancouver area about the proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline, city officials are exploring whether Vancouver can force the Texas-based company to increase its liability coverage in kind. The Alaska House of Representatives announced its new organization: The Alaska House Majority Caucus has organized for the 28th Alaska Legislature. Representative Mike Chenault (NGP Photo) , R-Nikiski, returns for a third term as House Speaker. Representative Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage is the new Majority Leader, and Representative Craig [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:25-09:00November 9th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-8-12

Calgary Herald, by James Wood.  As Canadian political and business leaders expressed optimism the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will win approval under a re-elected President Barack Obama, environmental opponents and the U.S. ambassador to Canada cautioned the energy megaproject isn’t a slam dunk. ADN?AP by Dan Joling.  The state of Alaska's annual North Slope petroleum lease sale earned $14.2 million Wednesday.  That was down from $21 million last year, but Division of Oil and Gas Director Bill Barron (NGP Photo) saw reason for optimism. The sale was the fourth largest by dollar [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:15-09:00November 8th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-7-12

Alaska Support  Industry Alliance Date:     Thursday, November 8 Time: Doors open at 6:00 a.m. Program begins at 7:00 a.m. City: Anchorage, Alaska Location: The Petroleum Club, 3301 C Street Summary: "2012 Election Wrap-Up"     Speaker: House Speaker Mike Chenault & Senator Cathy Giessel, Alaska State Legislature

By |2016-12-22T22:31:25-09:00November 7th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-6-12 — AMERICANS: Vote Today!

To assist voting Alaskans, here is a Prosperity Alaska candidate evaluation which is a good guide. From Josh Wilson (NGP Photo), Commonwealth North.  Thank you again to Colleen Starring (NGP Photo) for her excellent presentation at our meeting last week. Her PowerPoint presentation is now available on the Commonwealth North website.  Our next meeting will be this Friday, November 9 from 12-1 at CIRI located at 2525 C Street with Larry Persily, Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, who will give an update on the viability of a large diameter gas [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:40-09:00November 6th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-5-12

Calgary Herald.  Mexican authorities have awarded TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) another natural gas pipeline contract.  The Calgary-based company said Monday that it will invest about US$400 million in a 413-kilometre pipeline between El Oro and Mazatlan, near Mexico's west coast. Thoughts on Alaska Oil and Gas, by Brad Keithley.  Rare unanimity of opinion: Vote No on Bonding Proposition A | "Think about it. When have the editorial pages of the Anchorage Daily News and the Anchorage Daily Planet, not to mention Dermot Cole and the Anchorage Daily Planet, ever agreed on [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:46:37-09:00November 5th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-4-12

  The second annual Strategic and Critical Minerals Summit is scheduled for Friday, November 30 at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge. Similar to last year, the summit will be a day-long event with an evening reception at the Museum of the North. Registration will be available next week, and a flyer is available at: http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/priorities/2012_mineralsummitflyer.pdf   

By |2016-03-13T03:46:37-09:00November 4th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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11-3-12

For our Oil & Gas Journal subscribers:  ALASKA IN-STATE PIPELINE—1: STUDY CONFIRMS FEASIBILITY OF IN-STATE ALASKAN GAS PIPELINE ...   Zhenhua Rui Independent Project Analysis Inc. USA Ashburn, Va. Construction of an Alaska in-state natural gas pipeline is feasible at any of three flow rate scenarios: 500 MMcfd, 750 MMcfd, and 1,000 MMcfd. Selection of a particular rate depends on specific conditions and perspectives, but the results of the study underlying this article show that building an Alaska in-state gas pipeline is reasonable for all three, assuming a 30-year operating life. This [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:46:37-09:00November 3rd, 2012|AGIA|0 Comments
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11-2-12 – Alaska Economist Publishes Trans Alaska Pipeline Property Tax Analysis: “Double Taxation”

Calgary Herald by Kelly Cryderman.  The public is still in the dark when it comes to the progress made and dollars spent on Alberta’s homegrown strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions.... Alaska is engaging in double taxation of the Trans Alaska Pipeline (TAPS) via a property tax that causes assets to be depreciated more than once.  In an analysis now appearing in the Journal of Legal Issues and Cases in Business, well known Alaska Economist Roger Marks (NGP Photo) noted that the current TAPS property tax burden results from a 2005 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:41-09:00November 2nd, 2012|Alaska Taxes, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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11-1-12

Graham Smith (NGP Photo) of the Alaska State Pipeline Coordinators Office Reports TODAY that the agency's Annual Report Is Now Available.  Smith says that, "The State Pipeline Coordinator’s Office is the lead state agency for processing pipeline right-of-way leases, and it coordinates oversight of state-regulated pipelines." He adds that the annual report provides, "general information for each common carrier pipeline, highlights lessee reported activities, summarizes specific state oversight activities for pipeline construction, operation, and maintenance, and provides an outlook for the next fiscal year, including updates on several proposed natural gas pipeline projects." [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:41-09:00November 1st, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-31-12

Yesterday, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) kicked off its 2012 Annual Meeting in San Antonio with a video presentation by Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo-L).  Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Chairman Cathy Foerster reported on the Interior Department's (DOI) failure to obey Alaska's oil and gas environmental and conservation rules and statutes within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).  The Agency has not directed nor funded the Bureau of Land Management (BLM is the federal landlord responsible for NPR-A) to properly plug and clean up drilling sites [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:45:00-09:00October 31st, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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10-30-12 Is Alaska Fiddling While Russia Fires Up Arctic Gas Exports?

ADN Op-Ed by Scott Jepson (NGP Photo).  ...high taxes on North Slope oil production, in particular the tax increases passed by the Legislature in 2007 under a bill called ACES, are hurting the investment climate on the North Slope and ultimately the long-term health of Alaska's economy. Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Growing competition from oilfields as far away as Colombia and Brazil make it increasingly critical that Canada gain access to new markets for its oil, says a Scotiabank report released Monday. Alaska Dispatch by Tony Hopfinger and Scott [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:41-09:00October 30th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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