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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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2-08-12 – NEW BULLET LINE, SOUTH TO NORTH? – Senator Murkowski – Jim Clyburn – NARUC

NARUC, Washington, D.C. (Report and comment by Dave Harbour).  Yesterday, NARUC president David Wright (NGP Photo) introduced Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) to about 1400 attending the winter meeting at the Renaissance Hotel here of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.  “Your association has now been a major contributor to the development of energy policy for almost 125 years", Murkowski said.  "We count on you to present your views in the federal arena,  as you have always done, with vigor and precision.  Regulatory Commissioners have a solemn duty to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:51-09:00February 9th, 2012|Commentary|0 Comments

2-07-12 – Senator Lisa Murkowski Addresses Nation’s Commissioners

Personal Commentary:  This morning Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo, 2-6-12) is scheduled to address the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) on energy issues at Washington D.C.'s Renaissance Hotel.      The program begins this morning with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin, providing, 'an overview of the ongoing quest for energy resources in an increasingly competitive world,' according to the NARUC program.  Yergin's presentation will be followed by Murkowski's panel, also including Oregon's Senator Ron Wyden, West Virginia's Senator Joe Manchin and Congressman James Clyburn, also father of FCC Commissioner [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:51-09:00February 7th, 2012|Commentary|0 Comments

2-05-12

Pre-Keystone, Obama Backed Sands Pipeline - National Journal, Amy Harder - More than two years ago, on Aug. 20, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton approved a 1,000-mile pipeline that has the capacity to send 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada’s oil sands to Wisconsin. That pipeline is owned by the Canadian company Enbridge and began operating in October 2010.   Imperial Oil launches $2-billion Cold Lake expansion - The Vancouver Sun, Rebecca Penty - The Nabiye expansion will tap a further 280 million of reserves at [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:52-09:00February 5th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

2-04-12

Alberta Federation of Labour opposes Northern Gateway pipeline, wants refining jobs in Canada – Daily Commercial News and Construction Record - The Alberta Federation of Labour is opposing construction of the Northern Gateway pipeline from the Alberta oilsands to Kitimat, British Columbia on the grounds that the construction jobs would only be “transitory,” higher oil prices would result and jobs in refining would not be created in Canada.   Energy regulator approves export licence for BC LNG - The Globe and Mail, Carrie Tait and Nathan Vanderklippe Canada’s national energy [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:48:49-09:00February 4th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-29-12

ABC News: Boehner: House Will Likely Attach Keystone Approval to New Jobs Bill - Speaker John Boehner says that the House will try again to tie approval for the Keystone pipeline project to a new jobs bill being introduced next week   The News-Tribune: Ian Urbina Untapped natural gas estimates lowered by 40 percent - The difficulty and uncertainty in predicting natural gas resources was underscored last week when the Energy Information Administration released a report containing sharply lower estimates in the Lower 48.   Juneau Empire: Pat Forgey Low [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:53-09:00January 29th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-28-12

Fox Business: Conoco To Shut Down More Natural Gas Output In '12 Due To Lower Prices - Conoco Phillips (COP) said Wednesday it plans to shut in only a small portion of its natural-gas production in Canada and the lower 48 states due to lower commodity prices as the bulk of its production is tied to oil liquids output and is still profitable.   AOL Energy: Margaret Ryan No More Slow Boat To China For US Liquefied Natural Gas - Widening of the Panama Canal, due to be completed in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 28th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-27-12

Energy Digital:  The return to the gulf - But according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (NGP Photo), the new five-year program will make available for development more than three-quarters of undiscovered oil and gas resources estimated on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), including frontier areas such as the Arctic. In addition to the Gulf, offshore drilling in Alaska will recommence under the supervision of the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE).    Fairbanks Daily News Miner: by FDNMstaff Lawmakers share alternative vision for oil tax [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 27th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-24-12 – The Alaska Oil & Keystone Debates Are Alive & Well – N.D. Commissioner Headed to FERC

  Politico.  North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark (NGP Photo-r) is being nominated for an opening on FERC.  Sen. John Hoeven tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will nominate Clark later Monday.  Clark would have to be confirmed by the Senate to take the job. FERC has five members; the commission now has one opening that's reserved for a Republican.  The agency regulates interstate oil and gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and sales of natural gas and wholesale electric power.  Clark's term on the North Dakota commission ends [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 24th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments

1-22-12

Personal note: The Frontiersman featured a photo-story we provided which included photos.  Enjoy.  -dh Fairbanks Daily News Miner: Matt Buxton A developing science might be key to extending the trans-Alaska pipeline's life A fledgling technology that was presented to the Senate Resources Committee in Juneau on Wednesday might be the key that could more than double the commercially developable oil on the North Slope.   Tacoma News Tribune: Wesley Loy Alaska Supreme Court to hear Point Thompson case "Here's a road map to a gas line in Alaska's interest: First, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 22nd, 2012|Personal|0 Comments

1-21-12

Reuters: Norway Arctic gas pipe must be privately funded - govt The commercial viability of the proposed 1,000 km pipeline, which could cost about 25 billion crowns ($4.2 billion) according to pipeline operator Gassco, also needs more thought before any decision can be made, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe told reporters.   Minnesota Post: Gail Russell Chaddock Keystone XL oil pipeline ensnared in political gamesmanship Obama's move, and the previous one by Congress to graft the pipeline decision onto end-of-year legislation to extend the payroll tax cut [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:42:16-09:00January 21st, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-18-12

Personal:  Jack Power's (NGP Photo) family and friends will meet together next week; we encourage his large extended group of family and friends, customers and acquaintances to come: Monday, visitation, Evergreen Memorial, Downtown, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, service and visitation, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Celebration of Jack Powers' life, Tudor Bingo Hall, 4 p.m., POTLUCK, with beverages provided. Anchorage Daily News: Becky Bohrer Senate should make own tax bill, president says - Senate President Gary Stevens said Tuesday that he would like the Senate to come up with [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:41:59-09:00January 18th, 2012|Personal|0 Comments

1-15-12

Aberdeen News: South Dakota: Legislator to propose bonding for oil pipelines Frerichs says South Dakota also should require bonding to cover damage to underground water supplies that would arise from a leak.   Calgary Herald: Dina O'Mearea - Oil and gas drilling reaches five year high The number of rigs in the ground last week reached an 83 per cent utilization rate, a level for the beginning of January not seen since the heady days of 2006 when service companies were frantically trying to capture high natural gas and oil [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:41:25-09:00January 15th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-14-12

Nature: Nicola Jones - Gas-hydrate tests to begin in Alaska This month, scientists will test a new way to extract methane from beneath the frozen soil of Alaska: they will use waste carbon dioxide from conventional wells to force out the desired natural gas.   ABC News: Dan Joling - EPA Board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit Royal Dutch Shell's quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted.   Alaska [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:41:25-09:00January 14th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-13-12 – Shell Oil hopeful on Arctic drilling in 2012

PetroBakken stock rises on output target hit - Calgary Herald - By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald January 12, 2012 12:06 PM PetroBakken shares rose Thursday after it reported December production of over 50000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, including 23400 boe/dfrom the Saskatchewan Bakken, pictured here. ... The Ugly Reality of Alaska's Current Oil and Gas Debate by Andrew Halcro (NGP Stock Photo-L), Alaska Dispatch. Commentary and Report.  Yesterday, our friend Brad Keithley (NGP Photo-L) briefed Alliance members on a recent District Court of Alaska decision by Judge Gleason, now having survived Senate confirmation to join the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 13th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-11-12 – Sackett v EPA – Property rights and wetlands

The Volokh Conspiracy - Johnathan H. Adler - Sackett v. EPA - Today the Supreme Court hears oral argument in Sackett v. EPA, a challenge to the federal government’s claim that landowners (and other regulated entities) may not obtain pre-enforcement review of an administrative compliance order under the Clean Water Act.    E&E Publishing, LLC: Margaret Kriz Hobson - Arctic: Aging infrastructure adds to woes of Alaska-bound fuel tanker - Alaska's three-member congressional delegation say Nome's fuel crisis is just the latest sign that the federal government is not paying enough attention to [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:32:56-09:00January 11th, 2012|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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