12-2-16 Website Construction
Dear Readers: Northern Gas Pipelines has been undergoing maintenance this week. Thank you for your patience. We'll be back up to full steam by the first of the week! Dave Harbour
12-1-16 Outlook: Texas LNG Exports & LNG Demand
Demand for U.S. natural gas exports via Texas is set to increase by close to 6 Bcf/d over the next few years. At the same time, Texas production has declined more than 3.0 Bcf/d (16%) to less than 17 Bcf/d in the first half of November from a peak of over 20 Bcf/d in December 2014, and any upside from current levels is likely to be far outpaced by that export demand growth. Much of the supply for export demand from Texas will need to come from outside the [...]
11-30-16
Gov’s veto forces loan modification for Inlet producer. BlueCrest Energy is asking state borrowers to amend the terms of a $30 million oil project loan after the state failed to pay tax credits the company was expecting. Armstrong Oil and Gas has high hopes for another North Slope find this winter. As the amount of oil flowing through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System declines, big new finds on the North Slope are kindling a lot of excitement in Alaska. Deadline nears for Murkowski energy bill. Time is running out on one [...]
11-29-16
Green and Jackson: Pipeline approvals are a victory for those who care about the environment. Calgary Herald. Growing pipeline capacity is critical to helping unlock the full value of ... transporting oil and gas than the alternative mode of transportation — rail.
11-28-16 Does Ak-Headlamp speak for all citizens?
Today, we explain why Ak-Headlamp really does speak for all Alaskans -- in our opinion Commentary. When we old timers earned our Journalism degrees we were taught that the reputation and even the Constitutional protections afforded the 4th Estate were based on a bedrock of integrity. How we then interpreted the word "integrity" seemed obvious. We've generally believed: When writing news stories, be consistently and reliably objective. When writing commentary, make sure the reader knows the piece merely reflects the opinion of the publication's editorial board or columnist. (When we [...]
11-27-16 Potential Oil Reserves vs. Recoverable Reserves
http://www.energytrendsinsider.com/2016/11/27/20-billion-barrels-of-oil-was-not-discovered-in-the-permian-basin/#more-19489 20 Billion Barrels Of Oil Was Not Discovered In The Permian Basin By Robert Rapier Earlier this month the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced the largest estimate of continuous oil that it has ever assessed. The area assessed is in the Permian Basin, a region that has been producing oil continuously for nearly 100 years. Below I will get into the specifics of what this news means, but the mainstream media mostly interpreted it as CNN did inMammoth Texas oil discovery biggest ever in USA. But this is a fundamental [...]
11-26-16 Trump’s Interior Department Appointments = Pluses & Minuses
Choosing An Interior Secretary Parnell Sullivan Cronin Two potential Alaskan picks for Interior Secretary offer both advantages and disadvantages. Bob Gilliam, below, has used his wealth to support anti-development activism that injures the constitutional guarantee of 'due process'. Sarah Palin created a predatory oil tax and applied it retroactively, injuring Alaska's investment climate for nearly a decade. We doubt either has the management capacity to 'drain the swamp' of eco-extremism in the Interior Department. If an Alaskan is to be chosen, a better choice [...]
11-25-16 Energy Bill Has Bipartisan Support From Murkowski & Cantwell
After being Petroleum News Alaska readers since its founding, we continue to be amazed at both the array and depth of its outstaning Alaska-Canadian energy content. Check out this Friday link right now for an impressive selection of important, weekend reading! -dh Our readers recall that on election day the Washington Times ran our Op-ed on how this generation is stealing from our children. On Thanksgiving Day, yesterday, there was quite a lot of commotion about North Korean hostility, South Korea's leadership crisis, American military capability and Trump transition [...]
11-24-16 Happy Thanksgiving: Let Us Remember The Reason For The Season
THE WASHINGTON TIMES - - Wednesday, November 23, 2016 Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and — whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially [...]
11-23-16 Good News!
On Being Thankful For The Good News and the Bad As Well.... We are thankful for the good news of an incoming federal administration that more heavily values our Constitution, the rule of law, the proven value of wealth producing natural resources, the importance of properly defending U.S. liberty and the simple but eternal truth symbolized by the greeting, "Merry Christmas". Dr. Scott Goldsmith, Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour Our hopes spring eternal for good news on the Alaska and Canadian energy scenes [...]
11-22-16
In Tokyo marketing Alaska gas, Gov. Walker and team feel long shake from Japan quake Gov. Bill Walker and four other state officials in Tokyo on a gas marketing trip Monday said they felt the big earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan. One state official said the shaking seemed to last five minutes, but everyone was fine afterward. Group sues over lack of info in Alaska Railroad LNG project ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An environmental group filed a lawsuit Monday against the Federal Railroad [...]
11-21-16 Alaska Conference Presentations Bring You State-of-Art Energy Status
Here -- for your current and future reference -- are last week's Resource Development Council for Alaska video and slide presentation archives: Wednesday, November 16th 7:00 a.m. Registration/Check-in/Exhibits Open Eye-Opener Breakfast in Exhibit Area – Sponsored by Wells Fargo 8:00 Opening Remarks Eric Fjelstad, RDC President, Managing Partner, Perkins Coie LLP Alaska Economic Trends: 2017 Outlook Neal Fried, Economist, Alaska Department of Labor video slides Alaska Industry 2016 Year in Review and 2017 Outlook video Mining: Karen Matthias, Executive Director, Council of Alaska Producers Fisheries: Glenn Reed, President, Pacific [...]
11-20-16 US/Canadian Activists Threaten North American Economies and Way of Life
We observe that US-Canadian socialists/anarchists/enviro-activists use similar techniques and that negative effects of such professionally organized demonstrations include increased family utility costs along with destruction of capitalism and of the North American way of life. -dh Note our Friday commentary... ...showing how the U.S. Administration is following an activist environmental agenda against vital, wealth producing energy projects. Without a more logical, incoming Trump Administration America's economic survival would be much more doubtful. -dh Today we add this Calgary Herald report: Thousands march through Vancouver to protest Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. Calgary Herald ... Thousands [...]
11-19-16 Alaska LNG Makes Weekend News
ConocoPhillips seeks to sell 47 year-old Alaska Kenai LNG export terminal ETEnergyworld.com. The United States exported on average 0.08 bcf per day of LNG from Alaska in 2015, according to federal data. That is expected to rise to 0.44 bcfd in ... New faces in Alaska House of Reps could tackle familiar gas and oil issues KTOO. And what will happen to the Alaska LNG project? In the state House, a new coalition of Democrats, Independents — and moderate Republicans are ... AK-LNG transition misses first [...]
11-18-16 Anti-Job Regime Continues To Lock Up Alaska & Cripple U.S. Economy
From 2007 - 2010 your author coordinated this national study, sponsored by NARUC and IOGCC to determine the cost to America of NOT developing oil & gas resources...of maintaining drilling moratoria. We believe that this study, using the federal government's EIA energy modeling system, could be quite useful in determining how the new Trump administration will identify the wealth producing energy potential his campaign targeted. (See video below right) -dh [...]