7-30-12
GAS PIPELINE NEWS: Today, July 30, from 1-4 p.m. in the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, Room 220, 715 W. 4th Avenue, the Legislature's Joint "In-State Gas Caucus" is hosting a meeting of state, federal and industry officials to hear updates on efforts to monetize the state's natural gas and Point Thompson resources. Here's another deadline today. Alaska's Lower 48 brethren by the hundreds of thousands have helped with comments on our issues and the Keystone XL Pipeline directly affects national defense as well as Alaska's security. The Obama Administration has [...]
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7-27-12
Fairbanks News Miner by Max Buxton. House Speaker Mike Chenault (NGP Photo), came to Fairbanks on Wednesday with the goal of dismantling the bipartisan coalition that holds control of the Alaska Senate. In a politically charged event hosted by Take Back the Interior, a group supporting “fiscally conservative” candidates, Chenault blamed the bipartisan coalition for the Legislature’s failure in recent years to move forward with a natural gas pipeline. “Positively the city of Fairbanks and the surrounding area cannot continue to be represented by the folks who are representing them,” [...]
7-26-12
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, (NGP Photo), yesterday introduced bipartisan legislation to expand American offshore energy production with a revised five-year leasing plan and provide revenue sharing to all participating coastal states. The Offshore Petroleum Expansion Now Act of 2012 – OPEN Act – is co-sponsored by Sens. Jim Webb, Mark Warner; Mary Landrieu; John Hoeven; Jim Inhofe, R-Okla Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton. House Speaker Mike Chenault is expected to focus on the state’s energy woes and discuss the direction of the House Majority’s efforts after his favored measure, House Bill 9, [...]
7-25-12
GAS PIPELINE NEWS: On Monday, July 30, from 1-4 p.m. in the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, Room 220, 715 W. 4th Avenue, the Legislature's Joint "In-State Gas Caucus" is hosting a meeting of state, federal and industry officials to hear updates on efforts to monetize the state's natural gas and Point Thompson resources. B.C. releases requirements for new heavy oil pipelines - Calgary Herald - Calgary Herald facebook page .... The British Columbia government has today outlined five requirements that must be met before it approves any new heavy-oil pipeline, such as the Enbridge Northern Gateway. Note the [...]
7-24-12
Comment: We have attempted to recognize elected officials who have consistently defended Alaska before federal tribunals. Though we are traveling today, we wanted faithful readers to know that for tomorrow we will make note of another elected official (NGP Photo, Representative Charisse Millett) who has been consistently supportive of Alaska interests in the face of the overreaching federal assault on Alaska's economic interests. Until tomorrow, -dh
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7-23-12
Yesterday, we participated in an outstanding presentation delivered to members of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners by "Fueling California" Chairman, Bob Sturtz (NGP Photo). The presentation sought to demonstrate how California's experience could help energy consumers everywhere. Since our readers know that state and federal energy policies are overlapping, we present this link that provides much useful information. In general, California's experience is that political manipulation of energy programs, subsidies, regulations and a greenhouse gas emissions voter initiative has dramatically increased energy costs for consumers. -dh EPA Deadline [...]
7-21-12
See our earlier story on President's poor leasing record. -dh On Wednesday, the House Natural Resources Committee approved by a bipartisan 24-17 vote, H.R. 6082, the Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan. The bill would replace the Obama Administration’s final offshore drilling plan, which keeps 85 percent of America’s offshore areas off-limits to energy production, with a real plan that creates new American jobs by allowing offshore American energy production in those areas with the greatest known oil and natural gas resources. “For over three years the Obama [...]
7-20-12
Brad Keithley (NGP Photo) Commentary. The Alaska "House Special Committee on Fiscal Policy " (this week) released a new website focused on "Understanding Alaska's Budget." The website may explain much more than the authors intend about how Alaska has worked itself into its coming fiscal crisis -- and why recent legislatures have made the problem worse. The press release announcing the website provides the first clue. The release quotes the Chair of the House Special Committee as follows: “We’re in the cat-bird seat, financially, now, but with throughput this week under 400,000 barrels, and with a volatile oil price, [...]
7-19-12
Saskatchewan's other Bakkan, from Gary Park, Petroleum News Comment: How many Alaskans/Americans are now in the mood for another TEA PARTY? In fact, Shouldn't we celebrate that original 1773 event this coming November 4? We've continually cautioned in these pages that for almost four years the state of Alaska -- especially the natural resources sector upon which our economy depends -- has received nothing but harassment and negative treatment by an authoritarian and ... Sidebar Comment: We note that Alaska is only one local US Jurisdiction under attack by the Obama Administration's [...]
7-18-12 – Senator Giessel Once Again Sets an Example of Leadership and Initiative for All Elected Officials
Oil & Gas Congress Returns to Alaska - Today's CEA Energy Links Calgary Herald by Dina O'Meara. Exports to the United States have been falling steadily since 2008 and the pain will intensify by almost half a billion cubic feet per day in November when two major pipeline expansions breach the border to bring the U.S. shale gas to storage hubs in Ontario. An Unenviable Record (You read it here first) Here is late-breaking news from Chairman Doc Hastings' (NGP Photo) Natural Resources Committee: On Wednesday, July 25th the Committee on Natural [...]
7-17-12
Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo). With its Arctic drill fleet now assembled in Dutch Harbor, Shell is waiting on unpredictable Mother Nature. Summer ice conditions along the northern Alaska coast are the worst in a 10-year period, Shell spokesman Curtis Smith (NGP Photo-R) said July 9. The heavy ice has caused target dates for the company’s first drilling at two exploration prospects in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas to be pushed into the first week of August, Smith said. “This is the heaviest ice coverage we [...]
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7-16-12
Chairman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) invites Interior Department officials to the 'hot seat'. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) on Friday, July 13 sent a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar regarding the Committee’s request for transcribed interviews with five Department officials who were personally involved in developing the May 2010 Interior Department report that falsely stated independent engineers had peer reviewed and supported a drilling moratorium. In this follow-up letter, Chairman Hastings states that he intends to invite the five Department officials, and possibly [...]