8-25-13

By |2016-12-22T22:30:20-09:00August 26th, 2013|You Read It Here First|

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) will visit King Cove, Alaska this week to look at a congressionally approved land exchange that would provide the population of a thriving fishing community life-saving access to an all-weather airport in neighboring Cold Bay. Unfortunately, when the federal government created the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge 53 years ago, it cut off the traditional land route between the Aleut community of King Cove and the old World War II outpost of Cold Bay. The people of King Cove were never [...]

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8-25-13

By |2016-03-13T03:55:08-09:00August 25th, 2013|Uncategorized|

Drones Can Be Good For Alaska Exploration Petroleum News by Wesley Loy.  Unmanned aircraft soon could be working for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska.  In an action hailed as an aviation milestone, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued “restricted category type certificates” to a pair of unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS.

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8-23-13

By |2016-03-13T03:55:08-09:00August 23rd, 2013|Commentary, You Read It Here First|

Drones and Energy: Our Opinion Alaska's Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell (NGP Photo) is Chairman of the Aerospace States Association. Speaking on the subject of the threat to privacy posed by drones, the Daily Caller quoted Treadwell yesterday as saying that, "The paper we are releasing today...strikes a fine balance between protecting individual privacy rights as guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment and exploiting the significant economic and humanitarian benefits of UAS technology.”   We would observe that unrestricted use of drone audio/video could compromise the security of critical infrastructure such as power production, manufacturing, energy refineries, drilling, [...]

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8-23-13

By |2016-12-22T22:30:20-09:00August 23rd, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|

Former Energy Secretary, Spencer Abraham (NGP photo), gives opinion on EPA:  "It remains to be seen how it will handle a number of issues. "It is hard to tell how realistic it will be on issues such as fracking and renewable fuels standards, which are big questions. "The jury is still out on whether the EPA still needs to reform its role in a way that is reasonable and that takes into account all sides of the equation, including economic growth and a strong economy."    -EnergyBiz, by Ken Silverstein This [...]

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8-22-13

By |2016-12-22T22:30:20-09:00August 22nd, 2013|Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|

Canadian Press.  TransCanada Sues Rival Enbridge Governor Parnell Calls on Interior to Reconsider ANWR Plan   (See yesterday's 8-21-13 letter here) (See our 8-9-13 story here) See our "Federal Overreach Summit" commentary, entitled Remembering the Past, in this week's (8-21)  Xtra Community Newspaper.  -dh August 21, 2013, Anchorage, Alaska – The State of Alaska today formally asked U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Daniel Ashe to reconsider and reverse his agency’s denial of the state’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 1002(e) Exploration Plan. [...]

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8-21-13

By |2016-12-22T22:30:21-09:00August 21st, 2013|Uncategorized|

"Remembering the Past" (Today's Commentary: Xtra) by Dave Harbour Today's Energy In Depth FRACK Clips: NATIONAL Report: Oil and gas can boost economies and outdoor recreation. Houston Chronicle/Fuel Fix. “Energy and amenity development are not mutually exclusive,” said Southern Utah University political science professor Ryan Yonk and Utah State University economics professor Randy Simmons. “Because both energy and amenity resources provide value to a county, when counties have both resources they tend to develop both, and in a way that allows both sectors to grow.”   West Texas town's water [...]

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8-20-13

By |2016-03-13T03:55:08-09:00August 20th, 2013|Uncategorized|

Keith Kohl Commentary.  Canadian natural gas producers have been scrambling to recover — for several reasons — since 2007. The monumental rise of shale gas in the lower 48 states since that year has taken a heavy toll on Canada's gas industry.

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8-19-13

By |2016-12-22T22:30:21-09:00August 19th, 2013|Uncategorized|

  President Obama's Climate Action Plan by Executive Order. WSJ: EPA Chief Vows To Continue Climate-Change Crusade--Says Jobs Will Increase Without Providing Evidence. EnergyBiz by Martin Rosenberg.  I recently caught up with Philip D. Moeller (NGP Photo.  Note, our friend, Phil, is a former Alaskan), a member of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after he met with energy leaders in Lawrence, Kan. Getting natural gas infrastructure built and paid for was on his mind — as was the vulnerabilities that may emerge as our dependence on gas escalates. Office [...]

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8-18-13

By |2016-12-22T22:30:21-09:00August 18th, 2013|Uncategorized|

The Hill by Cameron Joseph.  Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) is going local in a bid to save his seat in the Senate — and possibly the Democratic majority in the Senate.   The first-term senator is touting his stances against the federal government in an effort to emphasize what he says are his Alaska-first policies.  After Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), Begich is seen as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat running for reelection next year, and Republican chances of winning the six seats needed to retake the Senate would improve substantially if [...]

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8-17-13

By |2016-03-13T03:55:07-09:00August 17th, 2013|Uncategorized|

From the Mississippi Energy Institute: As Energy Secretary Moniz and DOE deliberate applications for LNG export terminals approval, Japan, the world’s top importer, sees a decrease in LNG demand while Canada rushes to beat the U.S. as the world’s top exporter.  

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8-16-13

By |2016-12-22T22:30:21-09:00August 16th, 2013|Alaska Taxes|

See This Week's Mining News, Bakken News, Petroleum News Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) website features Alaskans from across the state speaking on the effect oil and gas taxes have on the State's investment climate.  Our readers may find those testimonials here.   Calgary Herald by Graham Thomson.  I’m not sure anybody looks forward to the end of summer. But I would hazard a guess that of all those not looking forward to it, nobody is dreading the end of summer more than Energy Minister Ken Hughes. Not even schoolchildren and [...]

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8-15-13

By |2016-12-22T22:30:21-09:00August 15th, 2013|Uncategorized|

Our Xtra Commentary This Week: "Is the federal government overreaching its authority in Alaska?" Energy Wire.  Alaska boy Beaudreau finds his way home at Interior Last September, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy Beaudreau (NGP Photo-6-14-13 White House Arctic Policy 'Listening Session') received a rare invitation from a group of Alaska's North Slope whalers to visit a tiny Arctic island that the villagers use to launch their fall whaling trips. Cross Island, an eyebrow-shaped sliver of land, is located 20 miles from Prudhoe Bay, the heart of Alaska's North Slope oil development [...]

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8-14-13

By |2016-12-22T22:30:22-09:00August 14th, 2013|Uncategorized|

The Hill by Zack Coleman.  It’s crunch time in the fight over constructing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.  Both sides believe a decision by President Obama could come by the end of the year, making the next few months critical for lobbying and messaging efforts.  Opponents plan a burst of demonstrations and other events across the country to rally environmental pressure on Obama to reject the Alberta-to-the-Gulf Coast pipeline.

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8-13-13 Federal Overreach Summit: Day I

By |2016-12-22T22:30:22-09:00August 13th, 2013|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|

Steve Pratt (NGP Photo), President of Consumer Energy Alliance, provided this written comment to the members of the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Federal Areas, in response to their Federal Overreach Summit this week. Yesterday's Federal Overreach Summit 1st Day Summary Today we hear from Alaska's Congressional Delegation: live video streaming here by 8 a.m. Alaska Time by Dave Harbour Yesterday was Day 1 of the Federal Overreach Summit, sponsored by the "Citizens Advisory Commission on Federal Areas."  We follow this matter closely, since over the last five years we have observed and [...]

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