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6-20-12 “America Must Tap Into Alaska’s Arctic Oil”

America Must Tap Into Alaska's Arctic Oil by Mead Treadwell, Alaska Lieutenant Governor (OP-Ed, Politico)   "... people who pay attention to science and experience are confident of this: The Beaufort and Chukchi seas can be safely explored. Every Arctic Ocean coastal state, six including Iceland, has come to the same conclusion.   The oil industry has already invested hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency planning. Myriad measures recommended by the National Oil Spill Commission are being put in place, including state-of-the-art capping stacks, 24-hour icebreaker support and a [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:15-09:00June 20th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-19-12

Comment:  We are pleased to note that our friend, Tony Clark (NGP Photo-R), an eminently fair and balanced regulator from North Dakota, was sworn in Friday to his new seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).   Another friend, his fellow commissioner, Phil Moeller (NGP Photo), obtained much of his regulatory background in Washington State and worked in Alaska during his earlier days.  -dh  

By |2016-03-13T03:54:15-09:00June 19th, 2012|Personal|0 Comments
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6-18-12 Will Growth of Alaska’s Corpulent State Government Outstrip Available Resources?

Before reviewing the excellent, Brad Keithley analysis below, please look at our earlier comment on 'Intergenerational Inequity" and the link to our Alaska Business Monthly Op-Ed on the same subject.  -dh "Alaska faces a comparable and equally dire fiscal crisis to that which has developed at the federal level. Due to current excessive state government spending, future Alaskans – which will include many of the current generation as they enter retirement – are facing a lower standard of living than present day Alaskans. As a consequence, Alaska needs its own [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:08-09:00June 18th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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6-16-12

 North Dakota and Fairbanks readers follow our Governor's travels and speeches! U.S. begins review of TransCanada's new Keystone pipeline route - Calgary Herald - Main callout pointer for calgaryherald.com .... generate a large volume of greenhouse gases and say a change of the route will not lessen the pipeline's dangers. Calgary Herald - One of three companies planning a $4.5-billion liquefied natural gas terminal at Kitimat on Thursday.... Main callout pointer for calgaryherald.com .... Shell Canada details B.C. liquefied natural gas project · Widening of gas pipeline to Kitimat ... See all stories on this topic »

By |2016-12-22T22:32:08-09:00June 17th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-15-12

 Widening of gas pipeline to Kitimat wins approval - Calgary Herald - Proponents of what could be Canada's first liquefied natural gas export terminal have won an application. - www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy.../story.html Today's Consumer Energy Alliance Links:  Tampa Bay Online: From fracking, natural gas to keep Florida moving **Op-ed by Kevin Doyle For Florida industries that rely on natural gas as a feedstock, the decline in price has been a welcome reprieve, helping agricultural producers and manufacturers and breathing new life into our state's fertilizer industry. For the benefits to these important industries alone, Floridians should be hailing the new energy renaissance. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:08-09:00June 15th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-14-12

Energy Biz.  Sen. Jim Inhofe urged his colleagues on Tuesday to support his effort to kill a new air pollution rule, while an Arkansas senator called Inhofe's proposal "over the top" and said it would allow utility companies to pollute at will.  Inhofe, R-Tulsa, has been trying to round up support to block the implementation of a rule that would limit the emissions of mercury and toxic chemicals from power plants.  In a speech on the Senate floor, Inhofe said the rule is part of President Barack Obama's "war on [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:14-09:00June 15th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-13-12 REGULATION KILLING GOLDEN GOOSE OF CONSUMER UTILITY RATES?

On Killing Golden Egg Laying Geese Published: June 13, 2012: ALASKA BUSINESS MONTHLY   Can Well Intended Regulation and Lawmaking Kill Golden Egg Laying Geese?   Meeting Report and Commentary by Dave Harbour   Report: Oregon Congressman Greg Walden(NGP Photo) told members of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners(WCPSC), meeting yesterday at Sunriver Resort, that the House is, "...committed to not having everything pile up like a train wreck at the end of the year."   Walden is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.  His committee's Senior [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:09-09:00June 13th, 2012|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal|0 Comments
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6-13-12

ADN by Lisa Demer.  Exxon Mobil is on track to develop part of the huge, remote Point Thomson oil and gas field east of Prudhoe Bay, as required under a court settlement reached earlier this year with the Parnell administration, the company's senior manager on the project told state legislators Tuesday. Note: if this story is real, we are glad to no longer own BAC stock.  The Bank's board should increase shareholder dividends by $50 billion and let shareholders decide how they wish to save, waste or invest their money. [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:14-09:00June 13th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-12-12: On Killing Golden Egg Laying Geese

Can Well Intended Regulation and Lawmaking Kill Golden Egg Laying Geese? Meeting Report and Commentary by Dave Harbour   Report: Oregon Congressman Greg Walden (NGP Photo) told members of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners (WCPSC), meeting yesterday at Sunriver Resort, that the House is, "...committed to not having everything pile up like a train wreck at the end of the year."   Walden is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.  His committee's Senior Advisor on Communications and Technology is Ray Baum NGP (Photo, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:09-09:00June 12th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-11-12

ADN Op-Ed by Senator Lesil McGuire (NGP Photo).   The transfer of $125 million to the Sustainable Energy Transmission and Supply Development Fund (SETS) created by my Senate Bill 25 is an important step towards a new way of doing business in Alaska. State has new tool to facilitate infrastructure - Anchorage Daily News - Sean Parnell for his support of Senate Bill 25 and for his recognition of the ... I also saw how declining throughput in the trans-Alaska pipeline will ... 'Black gold' rush? Seattle has stake in quest for Alaska oil - The Seattle Times - Sean Parnell and Sen. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:09-09:00June 11th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-9-12

Toronto Star: Keystone XL pipeline: How Canada's pipeline splits the US.  The Toronto Star's Mitch Potter and Lucas Oleniuk drove 4,000 kilometres through Keystone country, from Montana to Texas, finding that the Canadian project has morphed into an oil-fired political drama - one so powerful it might take down President Obama. See the full story Saturday.

By |2016-12-22T22:32:09-09:00June 9th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-8-12

Petroleum News.  As completion of Tesoro’s rail terminal to receive Bakken crude at its Washington refinery draws near, there’s talk within the company of shipping the light, sweet oil to Tesoro’s Alaska refinery where the company pays substantially more for both similar oil from the Cook Inlet basin and lower grade oil from the North Slope. If Cook Inlet basin oil explorers are successful, contract negotiations for their new oil could be tricky if Tesoro, the region’s primary oil buyer, plays its Bakken card. TransCanada Corp. expands in Westborough, Bizjournals.com.  TransCanada Corp. said [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:10-09:00June 8th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-7-12

Note to Readers:  We left the wonderful town of Vancouver, B.C. early yesterday after an IOGCC meeting and are this morning preparing for meetings in Charlotte, N.C.  Meanwhile, Carl Portman (NGP Photo) of the Resource Development Council for Alaska summarized how Alaskans once again came together to testify in support of sustaining the 49th State Economy last Monday night.  Readers may wish to review our last federal government hearing summary (Alaskans Rocked at Last Night's Hearing).  Americans everywhere are aware of EPA efforts to expand jurisdiction.  Here is a link to our [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:10-09:00June 7th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-6-12

Comment (Scroll down for yesterday's post): Yesterday at the World Gas Conference (WGC) in Kuala Lumpur, our friend, Dan Yergin (NGP Photo), said US oil production will be up by a million barrels per day this year along with dramatically increased gas production and that if one included Canadian production increases, North America could be "a lot less energy dependent" in the next ten years.  Meanwhile, in Vancouver, B.C.,Canada at the summer meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, North Dakota's Deputy Director for Mineral Resources (Oil and Gas), Bruce Hicks (NGP [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:43-09:00June 6th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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6-5-12

Governor Sean Parnell addressed national policy issues facing the three dozen oil and gas producing state members of the Interstate Oil and Gas Comact Commission yesterday in Vancouver, B.C..  Parnell is the 2011-12 Chairman of the Congressionally-created compact, supported by members of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, including Chairman Kathy Foerster.  Following that address, he executed a Memorandum of Understanding with his Yukon Territory counterpart, Premier Darrell Pasloski (See story below). Vancouver, British Columbia - Governor Sean Parnell  and Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski (NGP Photo) renewed the Alaska-Yukon Intergovernmental Relations Accord. The leaders met [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:10-09:00June 5th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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