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7-9-12 Oppose Ballot Measure #2 at Noon Today and At Tonight’s Hearing!

The Washington Post: Keystone oil pipeline finds champions in Montana Democrats eyeing local benefits Comment:  The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce and other responsible organizations throughout Alaska oppose the new Ballot Measure #2 which they say could cripple economic development and the future economic security of Alaska.  We agree (See our earlier editorial on related issues), and encourage responsible Alaskans to become involved in the following ways: 1.  Attend today's Anchorage Chamber of Commerce debate on Ballot measure #2 today, if you are in the Anchorage area.  Here's the information. 2. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:31:52-09:00July 9th, 2012|Commentary|0 Comments
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7-8-12

ADN by Richard Mauer.  As the big field of Republican challengers jostles to get noticed against incumbent state senators, a common target has been emerging for many of them: the bipartisan coalition that has governed the Alaska Senate.   ...  "We do believe Alaska is in trouble -- oil production is declining, our budgets have not declined, they've actually increased over the years," Dunleavy said in an interview. "We ask ourselves, if we continue with the same players, are we going to continue to get the same results? The chances [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:05-09:00July 8th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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7-6-12

Comment: Tax Freedom Day In Alaska Was April 5.  In Canada it was June 11 (See below).  We ask: "When will North American governments begin relinquishing economic control over citizens in favor of free enterprise solutions?"  The answer to that question in large measure will determine the future success of energy independence, national security, job creation, economic wellbeing and personal freedom.  -dh Here are the latest Fraser Institute research studies, newspaper commentaries, and videos.       Tax Freedom Day: June 11, 2012 Monday, June 11 was Tax Freedom Day, the day [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:05-09:00July 6th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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7-5-12

Calgary Herald by Amanda Stephenson.  Calls for tighter pipeline regulations sought after Enbridge issued $3.7M fine. Petroleum News Bakken: ND regulators OK ND to Alberta pipeline  North Dakota regulators have approved construction of a pipeline from Tioga into the Canadian province of Alberta. Nova Chemicals Corp. of Calgary wants to build the 430-mile line from Tioga's Hess Corp. natural gas processing plant to the town of Empress, Alberta. The Vantage Pipeline will supply ....  

By |2016-03-13T03:55:05-09:00July 5th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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7-4-12

Petroleum News by Eric Lidji (NGP Photo).  Alaska remains one of the least attractive places in North America for oil and gas investment, but its reputation compared to other hydrocarbon provinces improved slightly over the past year, according to recent survey of global petroleum industry executives.  The State of Alaska ranked 61st out of 147 jurisdictions while the federal Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ranked 52nd, according to the 2012 Global Petroleum Survey by the Fraser Institute, a right-leaning Canadian think tank. In the 2011 survey, respondents placed the State of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:05-09:00July 4th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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7-3-12

Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban (NGP Photo).  This is the third installment of a three-part series regarding Shell's upcoming offshore activity in Alaska's Arctic region. Part 1: Shell readies to roll dice on multibillion-dollar bet in Arctic. Part 2: Will offshore oil development in Alaska's Arctic make state rich? Don't count on it.   A chunk of ice the size of a small stadium, perhaps a rogue remnant of a distant ice island, recently ground ashore near the Northwest Alaska village of Wainwright, providing a textbook example for the kind of subsea phenomena [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:05-09:00July 3rd, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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7-2-12

 ADN/AP by Dan Joling.  Shell is sending the capping stack, skimmers, boom and a containment dome on board a flotilla accompanying drill ships to Alaska's northern shores as part of a spill response plan with the blessing of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (NGP Photo). Shell expects final approvals within weeks and drilling by late this month. Petroleum News.  As Shell moves closer to drilling in the Arctic this summer, Greenpeace is asking a court to stay an injunction against the environmental group while an appeals process plays out.  In March, federal [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:06-09:00July 2nd, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-30-12

Petroleum News by Wesley Loy.  BP is backing off its ambitious Liberty development on Alaska’s North Slope.  “After a full review of project engineering and economics, BP has decided not to pursue the proposed Liberty project, in its current form,” Dawn Patience, spokeswoman for BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., told Petroleum News. “BP is in the process of working with regulators to discuss the potential forward plans for the project.”  

By |2016-03-13T03:54:16-09:00June 30th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-29-12 OCS: A Difference of Opinion

OCS Maps  OCS: A Difference of Opinion (Commentary).  Yesterday, the Department of Interior boasted of its "...Plan to Make All Highest-Resource Areas in the US Offshore Available for Oil and Gas Leasing."  However, in the Obama Administration's unique, passive-aggressive way, it smiles and offers development while withdrawing many of the best areas for development.  Is this another sleight of hand designed to "fool most of the people all the time", or "all of the people some of the time?"  After reading the side-by-side notes below, our readers can draw their [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:06-09:00June 29th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-28-12

Globe and Mail by Josh Wingrove.  With high energy royalties and soaring land lease sales, Alberta inched closer to a balanced budget last year.The province’s fourth-quarter report for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, released Thursday, shows a total deficit of just $23-million on its $39-billion budget. It had been forecasting a $3.4-billion deficit.  The changes come as welcome news to Alison Redford’s government, which has been under fire from the official opposition Wildrose Party for not managing to balance the books even as the province is awash in energy wealth.  “We [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:16-09:00June 28th, 2012|Federal Coordinator, LNG|0 Comments
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6-27-12 – Arctic Drilling Ships Depart Seattle for Alaska

Calgary Herald by Steve Ewart.  David Collyer, president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, met the Herald's editorial board Monday and was called upon to defend "the industry" after three oil leaks in a month in Alberta raised public concern over the safety of aging pipeline infrastructure. ADN by Lisa Demer.  With little drama, the Kulluk -- a 29-year-old conical Arctic drilling rig that spent a dozen years mothballed in Canada -- launched for Dutch Harbor, a supply stop on the way to the far north, just before 8 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:06-09:00June 27th, 2012|OCS|0 Comments
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6-26-12

PNA by Kristen Nelson.  Aging oil and gas fields in Southcentral Alaska’s Cook Inlet basin may no longer be attractive to major companies, but for a mid-sized Houston independent, Hilcorp Energy, finding ways to produce more oil from big old fields is a way of life. ADN/PNA by Wesley Loy.  Executives with Cook Inlet Energy LLC are looking to lay a subsea pipeline across the Inlet to carry west-side crude oil to Tesoro's Kenai Peninsula refinery. Today's CEA Energy Links:   Associated Press: Officials: North Dakota energy policy is model for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:06-09:00June 26th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-25-12 – Does this B.C. gas discovery drive another nail into the coffin of Alaska – Lower 48 gas delivery?

    PNA by Shane Lasley.  When Steve Borell (NGP Photo-R) announced that he was retiring as the executive director of the Alaska Miners Association — a post he held for 22 years — the group’s board of directors was charged with the daunting task of filling the void left by the association’s highly regarded and beloved leader. Unbeknownst to the board members, or Borell himself, the outgoing executive director had been grooming his replacement, Deantha Crockett (NGP Photo), for nearly a decade.  ...  the board found Crockett, a lifelong Alaskan with a [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:07-09:00June 25th, 2012|Commentary|0 Comments
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6-22-12

  The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, this week, announced the formation of a Community Advisory Council to promote communication and collaboration along the in-state pipeline route.  The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation is tasked with developing the in-state natural gas pipeline known as the ASAP project (Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline). ASAP Community Advisory Council Co-chairs Tim Navarre of Kenai and Mayor Jason Mayrand of Nenana are pleased with the progress being made on the structure of the council.  ASAP Community Advisory Council has held two meetings and the Co-chairs advise they [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:07-09:00June 22nd, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-21-12 “Welcome to Alaska, John Hofmeister!”

Calgary Herald/CP.  Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) will invest an additional $600 million this year to significantly increase production of valuable liquids-rich natural gas amid a prolonged downturn in the price of so-called dry gas. Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) delivered the following statement on the House floor, in support of H.R. 2578, The Conservation and Economic Growth Act – a package of 14 public lands bills that will cut federal red tape, boost economic development, protect the environment, and create American jobs.   Commentary: Yesterday at [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:07-09:00June 21st, 2012|Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Propane|0 Comments
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