ADN-AP.  Alaska's procedures for dealing with companies that buy oil leases but don't develop them were debated Wednesday in a case before the state Supreme Court. CBC.  Liquefied natural gas is the future of energy exports in B.C., Premier Christy Clark announced on Friday morning.  Clark was at Burnaby's BCIT campus to set out a new 10-year energy plan for the province, which includes the construction of two liquid natural gas plants in northern B.C. by 2020.  The premier said the plants in Kitimat would generate $2 billion in new [...]

See Our Northern Waters Task Force Commentary and Links Below Office of the Federal Coordinator, by Bill White (Photo).  Building a major pipeline to carry stranded North Slope natural gas to market would boost the number of jobs and wealth in Alaska. But the impact would be muted compared to the economic upheaval from building the trans-Alaska oil pipeline 35 years ago.  That's a key conclusion of a draft economic analysis, prepared by the gas line project developer and released Jan. 13, that forecasts how life in Alaska would change if the proposed $32 [...]

Stelmach advising Ukraine on gas development plans - Calgary Herald - Main callout pointer for calgaryheraldcom ..... Lougheed served on a number of corporate boards became involved in the development of a gas pipeline to the.... Fairbanks Daily News Miner by Max Buxton.  Slow progress on an in-state natural gas line to bring the inexpensive, clean burning fuel from the North Slope into Fairbanks has Interior lawmakers looking at alternatives.   Rep. Bob Miller, D-Fairbanks, on Wednesday introduced a measure to study the feasibility of extending Southcentral’s existing natural gas system to the Interior within the next few years. ADN by [...]

  Link to NGP Reader Bill Gallagher's (NGP Photo) new book: Resource Rulers: Fortune and Folly on Canada's Road to Resources.   ADN by Becky Bohrer.  A proposal intended to advance an in-state natural gas pipeline project goes too far in giving too much authority to the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., the leadingHouse Democrat said Tuesday.  ...,  Rep. Mike Hawker (NGP Photo), a co-sponsor of the proposal, said the provisions contained in the measure are the kind needed to get a mega-project under way. He said he was terribly concerned to [...]

Steve Forbes Wows Alaskans! Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban.  Apocalyptic natural-gas nightmare still a concern for Southcentral Alaska Petroleum News by Kristen Nelson.  House plan combines existing bills, wraps ANGDA into AGDC with same board This January 2012 message from the Chairman of the Retired Public Employees Association, Bob Doll, reflects why it is critical now to both cut government spending and improve the investment climate leading to sustained economic growth, as Steve Forbes advocates below.  The State of Alaska owes $4 billion to the Teachers’ Retirement System and more [...]

Energy Digital:  The return to the gulf - But according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (NGP Photo), the new five-year program will make available for development more than three-quarters of undiscovered oil and gas resources estimated on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), including frontier areas such as the Arctic. In addition to the Gulf, offshore drilling in Alaska will recommence under the supervision of the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE).    Fairbanks Daily News Miner: by FDNMstaff Lawmakers share alternative vision for oil tax [...]