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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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8-8-18 Will Alaskans Let A CABAL Kill Their Economy?

Killing Alaska's Pioneering State Economy by Dave Harbour Here is a grassroots program designed to kill 49th state free enterprise.  This socialist feat is accomplished by creating an Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal model with insufficient means of sustaining itself in the free market.  It reflects the same thinking that permits current Alaskan leadership to ignore prudent budgeting during a fiscal crisis while attempting to marry Alaska's future with Chinese Communist energy and finance companies in consummating an as yet infeasible LNG project.  We don't know whether to label such leadership "narcissistic", "naively well [...]

8-6-18 Energy: World – Alaska – Canada

MONDAY'S Energy News: Newly Implemented Louisiana Legislation Seeks to Protect Critical Infrastructure Top news of the week July 30 • LNG Croatia extends terminal capacity bidding round deadline • NYK conducts LNG carrier crisis-response drill • ConocoPhillips sells Barnett shale interest • NLNG seeking constructors for new BOG compressor • Japanese quartet partners up on LNG bunkering • US LNG exports flat on week • Höegh LNG closes financing for ninth FSRU • Harvey Gulf names new board Canada Slow-motion showdown continues on banks of Shubenacadie River  CBC.ca  But [...]

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8-3-18 Friday Musings

Friday Musings: Commentary: Nakedness We are extremely disappointed with republican Kevin Myer and Alaska's current democrat lieutenant governor for their continuing support of Governor Bill Walker's socialized LNG export scheme.  For years we have provided evidence that in wake of lower shale-induced gas prices and extensive LNG export competition the producers have been right in proclaiming that, for an Alaska North Slope gas export project, "now is not the time".  Alaska's mostly tidewater based competitors do not have to include the cost of a massive, 800 mile Arctic gas pipeline.  [...]

8-2-18 Today’s Alaska LNG Project Realities

Today's Alaska LNG Project Realities Sinopec drops interest in managing AK LNG construction Alaskajournal.com The company has dropped its interest in managing construction of the Alaska LNG Project after traveling the 800-mile route through the state in May. LNG projects ramp up in response to growing market Alaskajournal.com Qatar plans to expand its LNG capacity by 23 million tonnes by 2023 ... Much closer to Alaska, Shell and its partners in LNGCanada are expected to ... OPINION: Trump is playing to win. Are Republicans? Alaskajournal.com The possible impact on the ultimate price of the Alaska LNGProject has been tossed around as [...]

8-1-18

BP Delivers Best Upstream Results in Nearly Four Years   Alaska's Joe Balash To Address Heartland's Energy Conference Joins August 7 lineup in New Orleans with Trump Advisor Brooke Rollins, Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joe Balash The event is one week away, so register today! Alex Epstein, founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress (CIP), has joined the America First Energy Conference as a keynote speaker. Epstein is a philosopher who argues that “human flourishing” should be the guiding principle of industrial and environmental progress. He founded CIP in [...]

By |2018-08-01T12:09:47-09:00August 1st, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

7-31-18 Alaska Business Leader Opines On China

Alaska/China Bedfellows -Opinion- China purchases a Papa Bear's percentage of Alaska's prodigious seafood market.  No worries, though, because the interaction is largely year to year business interaction between the Communist country and a number of private sector risk takers. Alaska's governor believes that the seafood experience bodes well for his plan to finance a $40-60 billion Arctic gas pipeline/LNG project using long term contracts with China as security for a finance plan. Apples and oranges. A large number of private sector investors assume the risk that a seafood deal [...]

7/30/18

Larry Persily's Oil and Gas Briefs For Today Larry Persily No decision yet on Shell-led LNG Canada project (CBC News; Canada; July 26) - Global energy giant Shell is still examining plans for a massive liquefied natural gas terminal on the northern coast of British Columbia, though company officials said July 26 the C$40 billion project looks "very promising." Despite speculation Shell would announce a decision on the LNG Canada project during its second-quarter conference call, chief financial officer Jessica Uhl told analysts the venture’s future is still [...]

By |2018-07-30T16:36:32-09:00July 30th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

7-27-18

The LNG Export Vanguard: Louisiana and Maryland Washington Examiner (7/26/18) reports: "Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday christened the first natural gas export terminal on the East Coast, at the Cove Point facility in Maryland outside of Washington. 'We can become a reliable competitive alternative anywhere in the world, and we will,' Perry said...Cove Point is the second LNG export facility to open in the country after the large Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana. Perry said four more facilities are nearing completion to begin shipping natural gas in the near future." [...]

By |2018-07-27T12:00:12-09:00July 27th, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

7-25-18 Alaska and Venezuela Have This In Common

Q.  What do Alaska and Venezuela have in common? Answer.  Both have economies that are dependent on volatile oil revenues.  Both have insufficiently diversified their economies.  Both overspent on social programs during times of high oil prices, ensuring that their economies would be unsustainable during times of low prices.  Both now spend more that their economies can afford.  Both place greater emphasis on creating new liabilities than attracting new investment.  Leaders of Venezuela and Alaska are attracted to socialized control of energy resources.   Both are experiencing fiscal crisis. Foreign [...]

By |2018-08-06T16:05:55-09:00July 25th, 2018|AGDC, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Commentary, LNG|0 Comments

7-24-18 PipeCo Says No; Borough Says Yea To Pipe Terminus

That's a fine kettle of fish! A pipeline says no and the local government says yes.  Our thanks to Larry Persily for this report AGDC says Port MacKenzie ‘not feasible’ for LNG termina Larry Persily. Northern Gas Pipelines photo by Dave Harbourt By Larry Persily paper@alaskan.com July 23, 2018 TheSeveral months of additional review did not change the opinion of the state’s North Slope natural gas project development team that Nikiski is a better site than the Matanuska-Susitna Borough-promoted Port MacKenzie for a multibillion-dollar gas liquefaction plant and [...]

7-23-18 Fairbanks Gas Supply Competition

Most Relevant News For Our Readers Public Comments Due For Donlin Mine's Reclamation And Closure Plans Public comments are due for the proposed Donlin mine’s reclamation and closure plans. AK: The journey of Alaska’s go-to man in China Alaska’s does $1 billion dollars worth of trade with China every year — it’s the state’s largest trading partner. State officials: Ballot Measure 1 will make some construction projects impossible Ballot Measure 1 is intended to boost protections for salmon, but a series of state officials told lawmakers Friday… AGDC President: [...]

7-20-18 Alaska’s Socialist LNG Export Project

What about competitive position of the Alaska LNG idea? The greatest, current competitive failing of the Alaska government LNG project -- aside from its crippling socialist model -- is that its competitors do not have to include the cost of an 800 mile arctic pipeline into the financing plans of their near-tidewater LNG projects.  In addition, most of the competition has better labor costs, better logistics, better climatic conditions, and better investor owned management incentives, discretion and market-place reaction times.   -dh Today's Alaska LNG News and Our Comment: [...]

7-17-18 ConocoPhillips Continues To Expand Alaska North Slope Oil Wealth Resource

ConocoPhillips Expects Another Active Exploration and Appraisal Season in 2019 “We believe that the company’s Alaska plan aligns with our disciplined, returns-focused strategy, supports Alaska’s economy and creates significant value for shareholders,” said Ryan Lance, chairman and chief executive officer (Photo). “Alaska provides competitive investment opportunities and will generate profitable growth from diversified investments with significant exploration upside. We are proud of the value we create for the State of Alaska through the revenues we generate, the jobs we create and the community investments we make. Our shareholders realize [...]

7-5-18 BP and COP Shuffle ANS-UK Assets Subject To Regulatory Approval

Following are COP and BP announcements of this week's plan to realign ANS and UK assets subject to regulatory approvals:  ConocoPhillips statement and link: "ConocoPhillips Signs Agreements to Sell 16.5 Percent Interest in the Clair Field in the United Kingdom and Acquire an Additional 39.2 Percent Interest in the Greater Kuparuk Area in Alaska" BP to increase share in UK’s giant Clair field and sell interest in Alaska’s Kuparuk field Increasing holding in core oilfield, west of Shetland in UK, and selling non-operating interest in Alaskan asset. Buying 16.5% [...]

By |2018-07-05T12:02:29-09:00July 5th, 2018|LNG|0 Comments

6-29-18 DOE Offers Gas Liquids Primer

News Alert Department of Energy Publishes Natural Gas Liquids Primer Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published the 2018 Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) primer that highlights the resource potential of NGLs, with a focus on the Appalachian region.  This publication provides an important update of a previous version from 2017, reporting even larger projections for ethane production from the Marcellus and Utica shale plays than previously estimated. The 2018 primer includes new data from the reference case for the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) 2018 Annual Energy Outlook as well [...]

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