CBC. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver says he's been getting an "enthusiastic" reaction from the new U.S. energy secretary on a proposal from Ottawa that Canada and the United States work together on targets to reduce emissions from oil and gas production. Petroleum News by Wesley Loy. Energy companies pursuing a proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline have been conducting summer field surveys along the line’s probable northern corridor between Livengood and Prudhoe Bay.
Chris Smith Nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy “Many of us recall September 11, 2001,” said Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo). “It’s a day that will live forever in our memories. We observe this day in honor of those who were injured or who died, when our homeland came under attack by terrorists.” CBC. TransCanada Corp.'s proposed west-east pipeline could create 10,000 jobs and generate $10 billion in additional GDP during the development and construction phase... Today, we provide our energy column, "Decision", sent to tens of thousands [...]
EPA's Unreasonable Fuel Standards Tomorrow is 9/11. Join with good people in Lamar, Colorado and throughout the nation as we strive to, "never forget". Today, an Alaska World Affairs luncheon presentation by Arctic Ambassador David Balton (NGP Photo) will convene at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel. Students will receive free lunches courtesy of BP and the University of Alaska will provide hosted lunches for faculty and staff. (See our earlier report and comment regarding Arctic policy. This should be an important, educational forum and we hope for a series of penetrating questions dealing with [...]
Point of personal privilege: having been involved in creation of Anchorage's Saturday Market twenty years ago -- as a venue for several hundred small businesses -- we follow the progress of the market with interest. We know that wealthy downtown special interests would like to see the market moved to the streets in front of their businesses. We do not object to allowing markets to flourish elsewhere but not at the expense of the established, proven, successful Saturday Market. We continue to believe that any decisions affecting the future of the market [...]
Reuters. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, trying to win U.S. backing for the Keystone XL pipeline, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama proposing joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in theoil and gas sector, CBC News said on Friday. The White House has not responded to the letter, which was sent in late August, CBC said, although Harper met Obama briefly during the just-ended G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Obama has the final say over whether to let the pipeline cross from Canada into the United States [...]
"US Leadership In An Emerging Arctic" is the lecture topic next Tuesday in Anchorage, when Ambassador David Balton (NGP Photo) and former Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer (NGP Photo) will address the World Affairs Council. Reservations here. Various Arctic energy issues are certain to be addressed, including Arctic shipping, resource development, and sovereignty issues. -dh "Alaska's Troubled Romance With LNG", by Dave Harbour. Here is this week's Xtra column, submitted for distribution to tens of thousands of households. Note that these columns (see them all, here) are limited to about 1,000 [...]
Office of the Federal Gas Pipeline Coordinator: Canadian regulator asks export applicants to reassess local needs B.C. may be too optimistic about its LNG chances, bank says Price spike could stall U.S. LNG export approvals, report says Canadian LNG projects have to overcome challenges, report says Company considering gas-fired power plant for B.C. LNG industry Tight global LNG supply likely until second half 2014, report says Papua New Guinea LNG plant on schedule for first gas in 2014 India takes lead in trying to put together ‘gas buyers’ club’ [...]
Note to readers: we are traveling to Prudhoe Bay this morning for groundbreaking of the North Slope Borough's new, $90 million water and waste water treatment plant. More tomorrow. -dh News Miner. The Fairbanks Chapter of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance is hosting a discussion about the liquefied natural gas feasibility study at a lunch meeting from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge. Speakers at the meeting will be Gene Therriault of the Alaska Energy Authority and Mark Davis of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export [...]
Point of personal privilege: Our friend and former Valdez mayor, city councilman, businessman and Alaska public servant John Kelsey passed away Tuesday, Aug. 27. He was 93 years old. (Kelsey was a longtime supporter of a pipeline/LNG project terminating in Valdez. Another longtime LNG advocate for a Valdez project was former Governor Bill Egan, also of Valdez. -dh) The Hill: REGULATION NATION: Obama rulemaking system seen as deeply flawed - By Ben Goad and Julian Hattem Canada's Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education: a 3 month preview of upcoming courses. Today's [...]
The Overreaching EPA Also see Freedom Works Blog by Jon Gabriel by Dave Harbour Our hats are off to this perceptive, Fairbanks News-Miner opinion: An important policy call awaits Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, who just visited Alaska. Will she use a section of the federal Clean Water Act to pre-empt any further consideration of the Pebble mine? Doing so would be an abuse of a questionable authority using incomplete information. Last month and for some time we have lamented erosion of the rule of law in the United States [...]
John Hofmeister Opines Today On Syria Early this morning, one of our favorite CNBC talking heads, John Hofmeister (NGP Photo), said the oil industry in the Middle East is facing, "...death by a thousand duck bites." He said that one of the effects of Obama's impending attack on Syria is uncertainty. "Companies are not going to let employees and assets be at risk." He said that as companies face more risk, they will shut down operations. "Egypt's oil industry has a hard time right now getting people to show up [...]
Oil Tax Reform: Michael Soukup of Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) office tells us that, "Alaskans are continuing to speak up about the new opportunities being created as a result of the More Alaska Production Act." James McMilon of Teamsters Local 959 in Fairbanks spoke recently about the opportunities he’s seeing and what the MAP Act means to his organization. Go here for a number of testimonials from grass roots citizens discussing the effect of oil tax reform on their own jobs and hopes for the future. -dh North Slope Borough [...]
Here is A Link For Readers To Our Latest Column In Xtra, Anchorage's Community Newspaper. Here Is Our Unedited Submission: "Responsibility" Another Abuse of Endangered Species Act Relevant to our essay, above, on 'Responsibility', Canada's Globe & Mail piece by Jeffrey Jones notes the importance of tax policy to energy project investors. We believe that all decision makers will want to take heed. Those who support higher taxes and regulatory barriers, in essence, wish for fewer energy jobs and investment while those who seek moderate taxes and rules will create more attractive [...]
Point Of Personal Privilege We honor our late ARCO colleague, well respected throughout the North American oil patch, Jim Weeks (NGP Photo), by sharing below, a celebration of his life: James Dale Weeks, 67, of Anchorage AK, passed away peacefully on August 20th 2013, at Providence Hospital with family by his side. His Celebration of Life will be held from 4:30 to 8 pm on September 6th, 2013 at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage. He is survived by his beloved wife of 42 years, Marty, his son, Justin, daughter Cassie, [...]
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