1-25-12 In State Gas Pipeline Group Meets Tonight In Anchorage – Alaska Airlines Ejects Prayer Card

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 25th, 2012|Uncategorized|

TONIGHT!  Anchorage: January 25, 2012, 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Crowne Plaza, mid-town Anchorage at the corner of International Airport Road and C Street.  A project overview and update will be provided by Dan Fauske (NGP Photo) and members of the ASAP team will be present to answer Project questions.  The public is encouraged to attend and learn about the ASAP project. Refreshments will be served. Comment: Today, Alaska Airlines announced it has unilaterally canceled its over three decade long tradition of providing prayer cards for meals.  It did not query its customers in [...]

1-24-12 – The Alaska Oil & Keystone Debates Are Alive & Well – N.D. Commissioner Headed to FERC

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 24th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|

  Politico.  North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark (NGP Photo-r) is being nominated for an opening on FERC.  Sen. John Hoeven tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will nominate Clark later Monday.  Clark would have to be confirmed by the Senate to take the job. FERC has five members; the commission now has one opening that's reserved for a Republican.  The agency regulates interstate oil and gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and sales of natural gas and wholesale electric power.  Clark's term on the North Dakota commission ends [...]

1-23-12

By |2016-12-22T22:32:54-09:00January 23rd, 2012|AGIA, Personal|

Point of Personal Privilege.  We mourn the loss and celebrate the life of our friend, mentor and sometimes protégé Frank Reed (NGP Photo).  More coming later today....  -dh ADN by Flip Todd.  Frank Metcalf Reed, 99, who arrived as a babe-in-arms on the banks of Ship Creek in 1915, died Sunday, Jan. 22, at Providence Hospital after a sudden bout of pneumonia. He had probably lived in Anchorage longer than anyone, even serving his World War II enlistment as a naval liaison officer helping young seamen transiting the town on what is [...]

1-22-12

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 22nd, 2012|Personal|

Personal note: The Frontiersman featured a photo-story we provided which included photos.  Enjoy.  -dh Fairbanks Daily News Miner: Matt Buxton A developing science might be key to extending the trans-Alaska pipeline's life A fledgling technology that was presented to the Senate Resources Committee in Juneau on Wednesday might be the key that could more than double the commercially developable oil on the North Slope.   Tacoma News Tribune: Wesley Loy Alaska Supreme Court to hear Point Thompson case "Here's a road map to a gas line in Alaska's interest: First, [...]

1-21-12

By |2016-03-13T03:42:16-09:00January 21st, 2012|Uncategorized|

Reuters: Norway Arctic gas pipe must be privately funded - govt The commercial viability of the proposed 1,000 km pipeline, which could cost about 25 billion crowns ($4.2 billion) according to pipeline operator Gassco, also needs more thought before any decision can be made, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe told reporters.   Minnesota Post: Gail Russell Chaddock Keystone XL oil pipeline ensnared in political gamesmanship Obama's move, and the previous one by Congress to graft the pipeline decision onto end-of-year legislation to extend the payroll tax cut [...]

1-20-12 Alaska Gasline Takes Step Forward – Keystone Takes Step Backward

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 20th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Peter Foster in yesterday's FP urges us to, "follow the money and expose misinformation" about Keystone.   Yesterday, the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation announced the ASAP Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will be published in the Federal Register today, Friday, January 20, 2012.  Here is the DEIS link.     *     Mat-Su Frontiersman Story, by Andrew Wellner.      *     The Alaska Dispatch provides Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP file Photo) State of the State speech transcript: "Currently, Alaska is pursuing parallel tracks to get a gasline. The State financially [...]

1-19-12 New Tax Bill Introduced

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 20th, 2012|Alaska Taxes|

Comment.  Yesterday SB 167 appeared as a new bill though it appears to be the same decoupling bill (SB305) that Senators Bert Stedman (L) & Joe Paskvan (NGP Photos) sent to the Governor in 2010, and was subsequently vetoed by the Governor.  It appears to do nothing to improve Alaska's investment climate by reducing oil taxes, reducing progressivity, or increasing credits (like HB110).  Some are predicting that it could morph into the Senate's own version of an oil tax bill this session (eventually).        -dh

1-18-12

By |2016-03-13T03:41:59-09:00January 18th, 2012|Personal|

Personal:  Jack Power's (NGP Photo) family and friends will meet together next week; we encourage his large extended group of family and friends, customers and acquaintances to come: Monday, visitation, Evergreen Memorial, Downtown, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, service and visitation, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Celebration of Jack Powers' life, Tudor Bingo Hall, 4 p.m., POTLUCK, with beverages provided. Anchorage Daily News: Becky Bohrer Senate should make own tax bill, president says - Senate President Gary Stevens said Tuesday that he would like the Senate to come up with [...]

1-17-12

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 17th, 2012|Uncategorized|

 National Journal: EPA Could Thwart Gas Supplies **Comment by David Holt** (NGP Photo) It’s ironic that less than a decade ago, our country was so concerned about dwindling natural gas supplies that we built new LNG import terminals to secure a supply from overseas. Fast forward to today when newly discovered shale formations around the country, and new technology, are giving us the chance to access an amazing domestic supply of natural gas, and are simultaneously presenting us with a unique opportunity to revitalize our domestic energy industry, and stimulate growth for decades [...]

1-16-12

By |2016-03-13T03:41:58-09:00January 16th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Low gas pressure worsens weather woes - The News International - ... there is no real improvement in supply of gas in the system of Sui Northern Gas  Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL). In most of homes, gas water-geysers and heaters are completely inoperative ...  (Note: We include news of this gas company on the far side of the world because of its name and because the supply challenges it faces seem so familiar!  -dh)   Duluth News Tribune by Mark Perry.  Kicking the can down the road, as President Obama did in delaying a decision on construction of the [...]

1-15-12

By |2016-03-13T03:41:25-09:00January 15th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Aberdeen News: South Dakota: Legislator to propose bonding for oil pipelines Frerichs says South Dakota also should require bonding to cover damage to underground water supplies that would arise from a leak.   Calgary Herald: Dina O'Mearea - Oil and gas drilling reaches five year high The number of rigs in the ground last week reached an 83 per cent utilization rate, a level for the beginning of January not seen since the heady days of 2006 when service companies were frantically trying to capture high natural gas and oil [...]

1-14-12

By |2016-03-13T03:41:25-09:00January 14th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Nature: Nicola Jones - Gas-hydrate tests to begin in Alaska This month, scientists will test a new way to extract methane from beneath the frozen soil of Alaska: they will use waste carbon dioxide from conventional wells to force out the desired natural gas.   ABC News: Dan Joling - EPA Board rejects appeal of Shell Arctic permit Royal Dutch Shell's quest to drill exploratory wells in Arctic waters has received a boost with the affirmation that its federal air permits for the Chukchi Sea were properly granted.   Alaska [...]

1-13-12 – Shell Oil hopeful on Arctic drilling in 2012

By |2016-12-22T22:32:55-09:00January 13th, 2012|Uncategorized|

PetroBakken stock rises on output target hit - Calgary Herald - By Dan Healing, Calgary Herald January 12, 2012 12:06 PM PetroBakken shares rose Thursday after it reported December production of over 50000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, including 23400 boe/dfrom the Saskatchewan Bakken, pictured here. ... The Ugly Reality of Alaska's Current Oil and Gas Debate by Andrew Halcro (NGP Stock Photo-L), Alaska Dispatch. Commentary and Report.  Yesterday, our friend Brad Keithley (NGP Photo-L) briefed Alliance members on a recent District Court of Alaska decision by Judge Gleason, now having survived Senate confirmation to join the [...]

1-12-12 ATTEND THE BIG TAX DEBATE TONIGHT!

By |2016-12-22T22:32:56-09:00January 12th, 2012|Uncategorized|

  Tonight, participate in a debate, the "Future of ACES", refering to "Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share", production tax.   Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 3801 Centerpoint Drive, 1st Floor - 6:30 to 8:30 PM     Presenters are Senator Bill Wielechowski (NGP Photo-R), Senator Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo-L), Rebecca Logan (NGP Photo-R), Ak Industry Support Alliance Executive Director    Radio commentator, Glen Beigel (NGP Photo-L), is the moderator.   Organizers invite our readers to stay for Q&A And A Pro or Con ACES Straw Poll After The Presentations  *  www.AnchorageTeaParty.org    Loan guarantee likely wouldn't apply to LNG line  -  CBS News  -  Changes [...]

1-11-12 – Sackett v EPA – Property rights and wetlands

By |2016-12-22T22:32:56-09:00January 11th, 2012|Uncategorized|

The Volokh Conspiracy - Johnathan H. Adler - Sackett v. EPA - Today the Supreme Court hears oral argument in Sackett v. EPA, a challenge to the federal government’s claim that landowners (and other regulated entities) may not obtain pre-enforcement review of an administrative compliance order under the Clean Water Act.    E&E Publishing, LLC: Margaret Kriz Hobson - Arctic: Aging infrastructure adds to woes of Alaska-bound fuel tanker - Alaska's three-member congressional delegation say Nome's fuel crisis is just the latest sign that the federal government is not paying enough attention to [...]

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