The Tyee, by Andrew Nikiforuk. One of Canada's top energy experts says the National Energy Board's (NEB) approval of British Columbian shale gas exports to Asia via the port of Kitimat last month will shortchange Canadian energy consumers and undermine national energy security. Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton. State legislators met in Fairbanks Wednesday to discuss progress on building an in-state natural gas pipeline and the hurdles it faces.
Edmonton Journal by Rebecca Penty. Four thousand speakers, six months, 23 communities. Plus followup visits to 17 locations on the list. The panel reviewing Enbridge Inc.'s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline has made staying on track a priority, it said Tuesday in releasing where it will host community hearings next year. The three panel members will begin their tour where the oil pipeline would end in Kitimat, B.C., next Jan. 10 and continue criss-crossing British Columbia and Alberta. Dates, times and venues for each location will be announced later. The National [...]
Senator Mark Begich Announcement: Frustrated by a lack of progress on an Alaska natural gasline, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today introduced legislation that would streamline federal regulations and extend key benefits to apply to Alaska-based segments of a gasline that could eventually be connected to the lower 48. ADN by Rich Mauer. Two state officials said Monday they are skeptical of Escopeta Oil's claim last week that it made a giant gas discovery in Cook Inlet, saying the company lacks the data to back its assertion. "It's possible their numbers are [...]
Bill Gwozd, Vice President Gas Services of Ziff Energy has been invited to speak at the 2nd Annual Global Shale Gas Investment Summit in Hong Kong, on November 1, 2011. His presentation is entitled "North America Shale Gas Fundamentals to 2020". US News and World Report Op-Ed by Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo-R). The fragile economy, high unemployment, and national debt are major concerns for many Americans across the country. While President Obama is campaigning on another so-called stimulus plan that will raise taxes on American families and job creators, [...]
KTUU By Rhonda McBride (NGP Photo). Alaska House leaders gathered today to set the record straight. They say natural gas for Alaskans remains their top priority, despite Governor Sean Parnell’s recent announcement that he no longer wants to pursue a gas line to the Lower 48 -- and instead will focus on an in-state line with enough capacity to serve both Alaskans and markets overseas. House Speaker Mike Chenault says he will continue to support a small-diameter line from the North Slope to Cook Inlet to serve the rail belt – and that legislation introduced last session to develop [...]
ADN by Richard Mauer. An independent petroleum company, Escopeta Oil, said Friday it believes it has made the largest discovery of natural gas in Cook Inlet in 25 years. In a prepared statement issued Friday, the Houston-based company said the discovery, estimated at 3.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, was large enough to justify commercial gas production from its exploration well, the Kitchen Lights Unit No. 1. *** Michael A. Crowley, PE is the owner of Crowley & Associates, Inc. and was President and an owner of Crowley, Crisp [...]
Globe & Mail by Nathan Vanderklippe. Before the end of the year, Husky Energy Inc.(HSE-T25.800.612.42%)will begin preparing 40 kilometres of winter roads through the forests of the western Northwest Territories. Operating just below the Arctic Circle, it will build an ice bridge across the Mackenzie River and clear a landing strip on a frozen lake. By February, it will begin drilling a pair of exploratory wells. Press Conference Called on In-State Gas Pipeline Speaker Chenault and Others to Address Issue Friday Rep. Mike Chenault (R-34) Speaker of the House [...]
Calgary Herald by Stephen Ewart. The surge in Chinese investment in Canada's oil and gas, pipelines, coal and mining sectors would attest to that trend. When Sinopec recently announced an offer to buy Calgary-based gas producer Daylight Energy there were rumours that at least three other Chinese companies were interested. APRN by Dave Donaldson. Great Bear Petroleum surprised the state’s oil industry a year ago when it leased – for shale exploration — approximately a half-million acres just south of the Prudhoe Bay and Kaparuk fields. On Tuesday morning, President Ed Duncan [...]
ADN by Becky Bohrer. Gov. Sean Parnell said Wednesday that he met for several hours with the chief executive of BP during the first leg of his European trip, touching on issues ranging from a natural gas pipeline to how Alaskans might benefit if oil taxes are cut. Parnell said he told Bob Dudley he wants to get Alaska's gas to market as soon as possible. Last week Parnell told an oil and gas group that if the gas market has truly shifted from the Lower 48 to the Pacific [...]
ADN Editorial. Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP Stock Photo) has for the last few years counseled patience on the gas line development headed by TransCanada. Apparently his patience is running out. The governor now says he'd like to see the major North Slope producers -- Exxon Mobil, BP Alaska and Conoco Phillips -- join in a project to pipe Alaska's gas to Valdez, where it would be liquefied and shipped in tankers to Asian customers. ADN by Becky Bohrer. Gov. Sean Parnell is making his first state-sponsored trip overseas, meeting with [...]
America's Unemployment Trend ... and, North Dakota ADN by Sean Cockerham. Alaska politicians are interested in Gov. Sean Parnell's push to try to export the state's natural gas to Asia rather than the Lower 48, with influential lawmakers saying the state should consider paying to help to make it happen.
EIA's Petroleum Supply Monthly PNA by Alan Baily. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final air permit for Shell’s planned use of its Kulluk floating drilling platform for exploration drilling in the Beaufort Sea starting in July 2012. The permit comes about a month after the issue of similar permits for the use of the drillship Noble Discoverer in both the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
Where is the peace dividend that was supposed to come after the end of the Cold War? Where are the fruits of the amazing gains in efficiency that technology has afforded? It has been eaten by the bureaucracy that manages our every move on this earth. The voracious and insatiable monster here is called the Federal Code that calls on thousands of agencies to exercise the police power to prevent us from living free lives. It is as Bastiat said: the real cost of the state is the prosperity we [...]
CBS Money Watch. Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (NGP File Photo) proposed a new way forward on a natural gas pipeline Thursday, saying if demand for gas has shifted from the Lower 48 to Pacific Rim markets, the state must be willing to move with it. Parnell, in a speech to an oil and gas industry group in Anchorage, said he wants the major North Slope players — Exxon Mobil Corp., BP and ConocoPhillips — to coalesce behind a project that would allow for liquefied natural gas to be shipped overseas. He wants [...]
Governor Sean Parnell today named Kip Knudson as the director of state and federal relations in the governor’s Washington, D.C. office. Knudson, of Anchorage, is currently the external affairs manager for Tesoro Alaska. John Katz (NGP Photo), who has served as the governor’s director of state and federal relations for more than 30 years, is retiring at the end of the year. Edmonton Journal by Gary Lamphier. But talk is cheap. In reality, when it comes to pursuing new export markets, Canada moves at glacial speed. Far more slowly than Asian nations, [...]
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