8-16-12

By |2016-03-13T03:55:07-09:00August 16th, 2012|Uncategorized|

ADN/AP by Dan Joling.  Alaska for years has envisioned a multi-billion dollar pipeline that could carry North Slope natural gas through Canada to Lower 48 customers, but the best hope for a market may be Japan or other Asian countries, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) said Wednesday, joining a chorus of officials who have been urging the same idea.   Calgary Herald by James Wood.  Premier Alison Redford said Tuesday British Columbians are free to debate the merits of the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline proposal.  But the B.C. government [...]

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8-15-12 TAPS AND SPEND COMMENTARY

By |2016-12-22T22:31:47-09:00August 15th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|

Calgary Herald by James Wood.  Premier Alison Redford's brief visit to Vancouver Tuesday had no time for diplomacy as Alberta and British Columbia remain at odds over the Northern Gate-way pipeline proposal. Alaska's Economic Focus: TAPS and Spend by Dave Harbour We have pointed out that the single economic focus of Alaskans and all Americans interested in energy security should be the improved throughput of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).   America's energy lifeline once transported over 2 million barrels of crude oil/day to the Lower 48, 20% of America's domestic [...]

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8-14-12

By |2016-12-22T22:31:47-09:00August 14th, 2012|Personal|

Obama's Relentless Attack on Alaska by Dave Harbour The Obama administration continues its relentless attack on Alaska's economy.   Late yesterday, we heard of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's (NGP Photo) not very well disguised effort to close down America's national petroleum reserve to petroleum exploration and his continuous attack on Shell Oil's highly professional, rigorous and patient effort to please regulators after having paid billions in lease payments and other exploration preparations.  We have continually warned fellow citizens to be aware of the steady focus of the Obama - enviro - [...]

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8-13-12 Attacks On Alaska’s Economy Come From Within and Without

By |2016-12-22T22:31:48-09:00August 13th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|

ADN by Becky Bohrer.  Battle Lines Drawn Over Coastal Management Bloomberg News:  Alaska Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) asked U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (NGP Photo) to help expedite an Army Corps of Engineers decision on permits to develop the state’s Point Thomson oil and gas field after it was delayed.   No More Dithering, Feds: Let Shell Move Forward Now      By   Senator Cathy Giessel Alaska State Legislature (See our earlier commentary)   Some of us in Alaska have been as attuned to Shell’s offshore drilling plans as we [...]

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8-10-12

By |2016-03-13T03:55:06-09:00August 10th, 2012|Uncategorized|

See today's American Energy Links Calgary Herald, by Dan Healing.  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has chopped $680 million from its capital budget for 2012 while reporting record production and lower earnings during the second quarter. Canada's second-largest gas producer noted Thursday that it has shut ...

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8-9-12 – Governors Hit Obama’s OCS Policy

By |2016-03-13T03:55:24-09:00August 9th, 2012|Federal Obstruction|

Houston Chronicle by Jennifer Dlougy.  The Obama administration ignored the wishes of coastal leaders when assembling a plan for offshore drilling near their shores, a group of Republican governors from Texas, Louisiana and other states says.  In a letter to President Barack Obama Wednesday and obtained exclusively by Hearst Newspapers, the pro-drilling governors say they are "concerned about the lack of communication from the federal government on critical matters that affect our coastal development."  (Note:  The letter, among others, was signed by Alaska Governor Sean Parnell and Texas Governor Rick Perry - NGP [...]

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8-9-12: The Pebble Project, Due Process And The Rule of Law

By |2016-12-22T22:31:48-09:00August 8th, 2012|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|

Comment on Due Process and Rule of Law.  The latest example of EPA killing America's economy is the Alaska case of a mine investor, the Pebble Partnership, which has acquired leases on state lands designated for mining (Here is an Alaska newspaper report by Lisa Demer.  Here is the Pebble Partnership position.).   The EPA with support from well-funded environmental activists are seeking to derail the project even before it applies for a number of required state and federal permits for specific work on the state project. This is another federal [...]

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8-7-12 Essay on Fossil Fuel

By |2016-03-13T03:55:24-09:00August 7th, 2012|Commentary|

  Fossil Fuel by Dave Harbour Many North American politicians are so concerned with pleasing everyone all the time that they lose sight of the very basis for North American prosperity: fossil fuel. Fossil fuel, indeed, is the basis of our modern civilization.  Where would Canada's and America's economies be today without fossil fuel providing the bulk of electrical power for over a century, for powering mining of critical and strategic minerals, for heating homes and businesses, for providing royalties to support social services and education, for almost all modern [...]

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8-6-12 On The Road: Ecuador

By |2016-03-13T03:55:23-09:00August 6th, 2012|Commentary, Notes From the Road, Personal|

On the road (Ecuador; see scores of photos being added here).  We find the people a delight, the country well run, the environment protected, natural resources being reasonably developed, culture embraced, arts and humanities revered and overall quality of life unexcelled.  We'll return to Alaska this week, carring with us memories of an extensive and poignant visit to a land too close to ignore, to far to understand without visiting and too precious to not put in one's travel plans.  It was a wonderful photo mission wherein we learned much [...]

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8-5-12

By |2016-12-22T22:31:48-09:00August 5th, 2012|Commentary|

  https://twitter.com/daveharbour This Administration kills America's rule of law. How can lawful regulation of energy policy have a chance?  -dh  

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8-4-12

By |2016-03-13T03:55:23-09:00August 4th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Vancouver Sun.  The B.C. Liberal party has dropped in popularity despite Premier Christy Clark's seemingly tough stance on the Northern Gateway pipeline project. Platts.  Alaska's plan to build a 24-inch "in-state" gas pipeline from the North Slope to southcentral Alaska has been set back by delays in funding by the state Legislature, the CEO of the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp. said Friday.  The project will not hold an open season in late 2013 to gaugue interest from shippers, Dan Fauske (NGP Photo), president of AGDC, said in an interview. 

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8-3-12 Alaska’s Perfect Economic Storm

By |2016-12-22T22:31:48-09:00August 3rd, 2012|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|

Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.   International oil and gas producer Vermilion Energy Inc. said Thursday it will shut in six million cubic feet per day of Canadian natural gas production in the second half of the year because of low prices. Alaska's Perfect Economic Storm Commentary by Dave Harbour   A loyal reader, Tom Maloney of CH2M Hill-Alaska (NGP Photo) sent us this Alaska North Slope (ANS) extended production forecast gleaned from Alaska Department of Revenue data.  The data reflects a disastrous continuing decline of ANS production which is leading to [...]

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8-2-12

By |2016-12-22T22:31:48-09:00August 2nd, 2012|AGIA, Commentary|

Alaska Oil and Gas Congress Returns to Anchorage.  Find Details In Lower Right Column.  Here is Dave Harbour's Video Description.   TransCanada set for new pipeline - Calgary Herald - By Dina O'Meara, Calgary Herald August 2, 2012 4:05 AM. Tweet. TransCanada Corp. has been selected to build a $660 million pipeline connecting two long-delayed ... The energy and pipeline company, which runs Canada's largest natural gas pipeline ... See all stories on this topic »  S&P revises northern natural gas outlook to negative - Reuters - Rating Action On July 31, 2012, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook on Nebraska-based pipeline company Northern Natural Gas Co. (NNG) to negative from stable. We also [...]

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8-01-12 Government Public Servants Mistreat Citizens

By |2016-12-22T22:31:48-09:00August 1st, 2012|AGIA, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|

ADN by Lisa Demer.  Shell Oil Co. has scaled back its plans for drilling in Alaska's Arctic this year, and now is aiming for two complete wells, one each in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. The company also plans to begin an as-yet-unspecified number of additional wells, said spokesman Curtis Smith (NGP Photo).       Government's Public Servants Mistreat Corporate Citizens by Dave Harbour A year ago we commented on the Administration's cozy relationship with those dedicated to destroying Alaska's natural resource-based constitution and economy.  We further opined that this year's [...]

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7-31-12

By |2016-03-13T03:54:46-09:00July 31st, 2012|Uncategorized|

Commentqry:  We believe all Alaska citizens who previously thought themselves impervious to oil industry investment climcate policie3s could find value in the story  below.  ADN,Op-Ed by Alaska Commissioner o9ve Adminstraation Becky Hultberg  (NGP Photo):  "...the cost of these plans has soared. In 2001, the annual cost of state employee and retiree health care was about $280 million. By 2011, that grew to about $630 million and the unfunded liability for retiree health care ballooned to $4.1 billion.  Health care costs are more than doubling every 10 years, while the oil [...]

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