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Dave Harbour, publisher of Northern Gas Pipelines, is a former Chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, a Commissioner Emeritus of NARUC, NARUC's Official Representative to IOGCC and Vice Chairman of NARUC's Gas Committee. He served as Gas Committee Chairman of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners. He also served as commissioner of the Anchorage Bicentennial Commission and the Anchorage Heritage Land Bank Commission. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree: English, at Colorado State University, a Master of Science Degree: Communications-Journalism at Murray State University and graduated from Utility Regulatory School for Commissioners at Michigan State University. He served as a Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs at Alaska Pacific University, taught bank marketing classes at the University of Alaska and was an English teacher at Los Alamos High School. Harbour served in ranks of Private - Captain during a 4-year assignment with the Army in Korea, Idaho, Georgia and Fort Meade and received the Meritorious Service Medal among other commendations. Harbour is also a past Chairman of the Alaska Council on Economic Education, the Alaska Oil & Gas Association Government Affairs Committee, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the Export Council of Alaska and the Department of Commerce's District Export Council. He is a past President of the Alaska Press Club, American Bald Eagle Foundation, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska and Common Sense for Alaska. Harbour was instrumental in founding the American Bald Eagle Research Institute (UAS), the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, the Downtown Anchorage Business Partnership, and Arctic Power. He also served as CEO of several small Alaska organizations, including the Anchorage Parking Authority and Action Security, Inc. Harbour is also Chairman Emeritus of the Alaska Oil & Gas Congress. Harbour's wife, Nancy, is a professional, performing arts administrator and his three boys, Todd, Benjamin and William work in the fields of environmental management, energy marketing and medicine.
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10-6-16 ConocoPhillips – Doyon Drilling To Build New Extended Reach Drilling Rig!

ConocoPhillips Contracts for a New Extended Reach Drilling Rig ANCHORAGE, Alaska – ConocoPhillips Alaska today announced it has signed a contract with Doyon Drilling Inc. to build a new Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) Rig. The rig will initially target development of Fiord West, a field northwest of the main Alpine pad discovered in 1996. The ERD rig represents the third new-build drilling rig ConocoPhillips has contracted for since SB21 was passed in 2013. The new ERD rig will increase the area that can be developed from a drill site from [...]

By |2016-10-06T19:52:46-09:00October 6th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

10-5-16 OVERHAUL ALASKA’S FISCAL POLICY! – Alaskan and Canadian Energy Players Won’t Want To Miss This Week’s FAIRBANKS Confab!

For Alaska to SurThrive (Survive and Thrive), Alaska's Fiscal Policy Needs an Overhaul! BY JOE BEEDLE AND JOE SCHIERHORN Alaska Business Monthly Joe Schierhorn (L) and Joe Beedle, ABM Photo Brexit is an abbreviation for “British exit,” referring to the June 23, 2016, referendum whereby British citizens voted to exit the European Union. We would argue that Alaska’s exit or avoidance to deal with fiscal discipline amounts to Alaska’s exit from economic and fiscal reality, a dysfunctional end to prosperity, an “AK-IT” scenario. We need legislative action to [...]

10-4-16 NEW ALASKA NORTH SLOPE DISCOVERY ANNOUNCED! – Big Arctic Symposium Today & Tomorrow In Anchorage

For Immediate Release: Caelus confirms large-scale discovery on the North Slope of Alaska New find could deliver significant oil production, jobs and state revenue (Anchorage, AK - October 4, 2016)  Caelus Energy Alaska, LLC announced Tuesday that its subsidiary, Caelus Energy Alaska Smith Bay LLC, has made a significant light oil discovery on its Smith Bay state leases on the North Slope of Alaska. Based on two wells drilled in early 2016 as well as 126 square miles of existing 3D seismic, Caelus estimates the oil in place under [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:52-09:00October 4th, 2016|Arctic Policy|0 Comments

10-3-16 US-Canada-World LNG Project News Abounds As The Week Begins

Oil and gas news briefs for Oct. 3, 2016 Provided by Larry Persily, Oil and gas news and Alaska LNG project updates, Kenai Peninsula Borough, 144 N. Binkley St., Soldotna, AK 99669 Petronas denies report of possible sale of Canadian LNG project (Reuters; Oct. 1) – Malaysia’s state oil and gas firm on Oct. 1 "categorically denied" a Reuters report that it was considering selling its majority stake in a proposed Canadian liquefied natural gas project. First Nation opposition to LNG project could end up in court (Globe and Mail; Canada; Sept. [...]

10-2-16 Governor Bill Walker’s Alaska Gasline Team Gets Asian Audience But No Deals

Governor Bill Walker's Alaska Gasline Team Gets Asian Audience But No Deals Alaska Public Media by Rashah McChesney.  ... And, while they didn’t return with any firm commitments to buy into the project, Alaska Gasline Development Corp. President Keith Meyer said the team made progress. “I would say we moved the ball quite a bit. Now we didn’t sign MOUs (memorandums of agreement) and we’re a little ways from that. What we’re doing now is raising awareness. Also correcting, as the governor indicated, correcting some misperceptions out there that the project had stopped. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:52-09:00October 3rd, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

10-1-16 Gas Pipelines In The Weekend News

Petroleum News, by Tim Bradner.  A joint-venture marketing arrangement for North Slope liquefied natural gas announced Sept. 21 between ConocoPhillips and the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., the state gas corporation, is a step toward a similar arrangement that had been discussed earlier but rejected among the four partners now in the current Alaska LNG Project. CBC by Catharine Tunney.  'Patience is running out' with Trudeau's Liberals...." Assembly of First Nations (AFN) national chief Perry Bellegarde walks tightrope on divisive pipeline projects What's next for Pacific NorthWest LNG project? [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:52-09:00October 1st, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

9-30-16 Good News: Alaska North Slope Drilling Record

ConocoPhillips Sets Alaska Drilling Record ANCHORAGE, Alaska – ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. announced yesterday that it achieved a drilling record for Alaska at drill site CD5 in the Colville River Unit (Alpine) on Alaska’s North Slope. CD5 is the first commercial oil development on Alaska Native lands within the boundaries of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). Doyon Rig 19 drilled a horizontal injection well 26,196 feet, a record for overall measured length of a well for the state. The well was drilled to a true vertical depth of approximately 7,400 feet [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:52-09:00September 30th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

9-29-16 Feds “Steal” 100 Million Acres of Alaska? BC LNG Fights For Survival!

Trudeau government re: Pacific Northwest LNG.  CBC.ca.   If, for instance, you attach some value to the natural habitats of wild salmon or the threat posed by greenhouse gas emissions.... What's next for Pacific NorthWest LNG project? 4 questions answered.  CBC.ca.  Green light for B.C. LNG project won't pave way for other pipelines .... Did you know that today, with the help of former Alaska Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer (NGP file photo), the White House may be determining the fate of Alaska's Arctic? Former Alaska Governor Sean Parnell. Northern Gas Pipelines [...]

9-28-16

Former Alaska Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer. Northern Gas Pipelines stock photo by Dave Harbour White House: No nation an island on Arctic science, Cabinet members and high-ranking science advisors from 25 governments will convene on the White House tomorrow to discuss the Arctic.   ...   Former Alaska Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer, now chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, says countries well beyond the Arctic are sending science ministers to the conference. We admire Ak-Headlamp's creative gathering of information valuable to our readers, like today's posting below. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:52-09:00September 28th, 2016|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Arctic Policy|0 Comments

9-27-16 Alaska’s Globe Trotting Governor Sends Non-News From The Republic Of Korea

Royal Bank of Canada CEO touts pipelines as key to transitioning to a greener economy, Calgary Herald: The head of Canada's largest bank made the case for new ... Demand for oil and gas continues to rise around the world.... Breaking News(?) From Alaska's Governor Now In Korea Following A Purchased Speech Forum In Singapore Governor Bill Walker, NGP file photo by Dave Harbour Asia may be "looking for new sources" of LNG by 2023.  But that is no guarantee that the Republic of Korea or any other Asian nation will [...]

9-26-16 Alaska Public Media’s Gasline Series

Tim Bradner: NGP file photo by Dave Harbour Petroleum News Update by Tim Bradner: "The exodus of experienced personnel from the department has now become a concern within industry and the state’s business community."  Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner: "ConocoPhillips and Alaska’s state-owned gas corporation, Alaska Gasline Development Corp., say they are negotiating on a joint-venture organization to market North Slope natural gas as LNG." Ak-Headlamp.  Following last week's Prudhoe Bay plan of development announcement and subsequent tension between the state and the big three [...]

9-24-16 Canada’s Chaotic Pipeline Policies: Join the Club

Panda and Aheer: Effort to win social license has been a failure, Calgary Herald. Calgary Herald Homepage ... It's why no one should be surprised that the Energy East pipeline project is facing new ... and the unemployment rate in Calgary threatening to hit double digits by Christmas, the NDP ... Instead of allowing pipeline projects and the NEB to be attacked by politicians Trudeau's pipeline remark puts focus on Pacific Northwest LNG project CBC.ca - "The Great Bear rainforest is no place for a crude oil pipeline and I haven't [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:53-09:00September 24th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

9-23-16 Alaska gas issues this Friday…from Washington D.C. to B.C. to Singapore to Alaska.

LATE AFTERNOON BREAKING NEWS (Scroll Down For Full Story): Commissioner Mack issues statement on Prudhoe Bay Unit decision (We'll let our savvy readers decide for themselves....  -dh) Attend the ALLIANCE's Annual Industry Update Forum in Fairbanks! -  An ALBERTA court case is boosting environmental clean-up costs in other provinces - A new venture for the ALASKA railroad: Liquefied natural gas delivery test could provide low-cost energy ... - "Shooting at their own feet" -dh: CANADIAN First Nations, US tribes form alliance to stop oil pipelines FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2016 Breaking Story, 3 P.M.: Commissioner [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:53-09:00September 23rd, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

9-22-16 BREAKING NOW: State Finally Approves Prudhoe Bay Plan of Development!

September 22, 2016 --- Vol. 22, No. 35 September 2016 DNR approves Prudhoe POD Tim Bradner Petroleum News, by Tim Bradner.  State Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack has approved BP's 2016 Plan of Development for the Prudhoe Bay field on the North Slope, taking a highly contentious issue between the state and industry off the table.BP is the operator of the Prudhoe field on behalf of itself and other owners including ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil. A dispute had developed over a request by Gov. Bill Walker and former [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:26:53-09:00September 22nd, 2016|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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