Keystone delay fires up jobs debate Calgary Herald By Kelly Cryderman, Calgary Herald November 25, 2011 3:18 AM This month's delay of the $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline has reignited the long-standing Alberta debate about whether raw natural resources should be shipped abroad for processing, ...
nlet find promising, but we must look at all energy options Alaskajournal.com (AGDC) to bring these elements together for the greatest benefit. ... We recently announced plans for legislation enabling AGDC and an in-state gasline. ...
Chamber, elected officials find common ground Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ... for a natural gas pipeline, military bases and local transportation projects. ... devices or theAlaska Stand Alone Pipeline, received mixed support. ... Businesses getting energy efficient Alaskajournal.com But the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts has worked to cut its utility bill, ... PAC President Nancy Harbour and her recently retired plant manager, ...
The authority says in press release that Harold Heinze (NGP Photo) gave notice to the ANGDA board of directors Monday. Heinze is the former president of Arco Alaska and a former Natural Resources Department commissioner under Gov. Walter Hickel. Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/11/21/2182732/heinze-steps-down-as-ceo-of-natural.html#ixzz1eS98dmFb The Hill: Keystone election year politics -- If President Obama was really interested in creating jobs, he would not cave-in to election year politics and surrender to the demands of special interest groups. Unfortunately, this is precisely what happened last week when he punted the final decision on the [...]
AJC by Tim Bradner. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, a state corporation, finalized an agreement last week to invest $27 million in the purchase of the Adriatic XI jack-up rig along with two partners, Australia-based Buccaneer Energy and Ezion Holdings Ltd. of Singapore, the chairman of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority said in a press release. Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/11/20/2181026/second-jack-up-rig-to-explore.html#ixzz1eMTqIuAY
We haven’t spent a lot of time on this, but our oceans policy is very, very bad CNS News (11/17/11) reports: The nation’s commercial fishermen say the Obama administration is trying to impose top-down bureaucratic regulation on the use of the oceans and the nation’s fisheries, which they say will put fishing jobs at stake..A group calling itself the Seafood Coalition is calling on Congress to do what it can to scuttle President Obama’s National Ocean Policy National Ocean Policy, which the president unilaterally imposed by executive order in 2010.
AP by Dan Joling. A 2008 lease sale in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast remains legally flawed and should be cancelled, Alaska Native and environmental groups say in a new court filing. Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/11/17/2176673/groups-file-again-to-block-chukchi.html#ixzz1eMV8kY2w
Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner. Engineering and planning for a 24-inch natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska by a state of Alaska corporation is continuing for now, despite new gas discoveries in Cook Inlet. Read more: http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/AJOC-November-20-2011/Work-on-gas-bullet-line-continues-officials-say/#ixzz1e99dpGk0
Fuelling Asian energy market will be a challenge Calgary Herald By Roger Gibbins, Calgary Herald November 16, 2011 Western Canadians increasingly see the almost explosive growth of Asian economies as the solution to waning export prospects in our traditional American market. The combination of growing Asian demand ... See all stories on this topic »
ADN/AP. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has opened public comment periods for Shell Oil's drilling exploration plan in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast. Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/11/16/2174842/public-comment-opened-for-shell.html#ixzz1e1NCqnG3
Governor heads home after his first state trip overseas Gov. Sean Parnell was returning home Monday after his first state-sponsored trip overseas that included time in several European countries and Israel. Premier Redford courts Alberta's allies in Congress Calgary Herald By Kelly Cryderman, Calgary Herald November 14, 2011 11:05 PM Alberta Premier Alison Redford speaks at a news conference about the Keystone XL pipeline at the Canadian Embassy in Washington on Monday. WASHINGTON, DC — Premier Alison Redford reached ... See all stories on this topic » Gateway hearings to test oilsands battle plans Calgary [...]
Fairbanks News Miner Op-Ed by Speaker Mike Chenault and Representative Mike Hawker. We recently announced plans for legislation enabling AGDC and an in-state gasline. House majority members from across the state were adamant that planning a natural gas future cannot be set aside another legislative session. Alaskans also heard that in-state gas isn’t only about Anchorage or Kenai. It’s about Fairbanks and the Railbelt, and about the people in communities off the road system who depend on our cities for supplies, educational institutions and health care facilities. Natural gas is [...]
ADN by Becky Bohrer. Two U.S. House Republicans on Friday said they plan to propose legislation to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling as a way to spur domestic energy production and create jobs.
Reuters by Robert Campbell. Despite what you may think, the delay or even cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline project from Canada to the United States does not ensure that China will become the go-to customer for Canada's vast oil sands. U.S. President Barack Obama has opted to avoid a tough decision by allowing the government to take more time to study changes to the proposed Keystone XL route to avoid environmentally sensitive areas. But any delays could kill the project if customers grow impatient and seek release from their binding shipping [...]
Fairbanks News Miner. A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved two lands bills sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) that aim to facilitate energy projects in and near Denali National Park and Preserve. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, on which Murkowski is the ranking member, passed legislation that would allow construction of a natural gas pipeline along the Parks Highway on the border of Denali National Park and a small land exchange in the park to allow the National Park Service to permit the construction of a micro-hydropower [...]
