10-10-11

By |2016-12-22T22:33:14-09:00October 10th, 2011|Uncategorized|

Eye on the Arctic.  Delegates from eight circumpolar countries met in Whitehorse this week for aconference on Arctic search and rescue co-operation. News Miner by Dermot Cole.  The report from international oil industry analyst Pedro Van Meurs (NGP Photo) is a dense and complicated document, but that shouldn't stop our legislators and the leaders of the Parnell administration from reading it. AOL Energy (10/10/11) reports: When it comes to superlative descriptions of oil and gas reserves, the Utica Shale may be in a class of its own…  Politico (10/7/11) reports: A prominent 2008 Barack [...]

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10-9-11

By |2016-03-13T03:45:15-09:00October 9th, 2011|Uncategorized|

A Sunny (Mojonnier) Outlook From California ...  (For Editorial, Flip Four Pages)   Fairbanks News Miner Editorial.  ...   The report, to which the Daily News-Miner was given limited access by Mr. van Meurs’ company, bluntly states that Alaska’s current oil tax system isn’t working.  Anchorage Daily Planet by Tom Brennan (NGP Photo).  Alaska could use some good news on its economy, but don’t look at me for it. There is a little good news, but not much, I’m afraid.  The good news is that Shell Oil cleared another hurdle for its plan [...]

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10-7-11

By |2016-03-13T03:45:15-09:00October 7th, 2011|Uncategorized|

Oil Drum Via Alaska Dispatch.  Problems are developing in the flow of oil from Alaska to the rest of the United States. Based on a falling volume of oil produced from the existing fields in the North Slope, the delivery pipeline from Deadhorse to Valdez is approaching levels of flow which will make it more difficult to deliver that oil.

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10-6-11

By |2016-03-13T03:45:01-09:00October 6th, 2011|Uncategorized|

PNA.  John Katz (NGP Photo) told Gov. Sean Parnell that he recently turned 68 and wants to spend more time with family. He also said he has become increasingly discouraged by what he sees as the “polarization and deterioration of the public policy process at the federal level.”

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10-5-11

By |2018-09-06T09:41:31-09:00October 5th, 2011|Uncategorized|

Juneau Empire.  The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) has selected former Regulatory Commission of Alaska Chairman Dave Harbour (Gaétan Caron Photo) as its new director of external affairs.  AGDC is a subsidiary of Alaska Housing Finance Corp. It sprung from House Bill 369 last year to study feasibility options for a pipeline plan to move North Slope natural gas from the Interior to Southcentral Alaska.  Harbour said his job will be interacting with stakeholders, legislators and the media concerning these developments. (Note: Harbour's role with Northern Gas Pipelines will be separated [...]

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10-4-11

By |2016-12-22T22:33:15-09:00October 4th, 2011|Uncategorized|

 ADN/AP by Dan Joling.  A lawsuit that stands in the way of Shell Oil's plans for exploratory drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast is back in the hands of a federal judge.   Alaska Dispatch: Shell clears another hurdle for offshore oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic The Obama administration on Monday affirmed a controversial offshore oil lease sale...    Canada Free Press: “Drill, Castro, Drill!” says Obama and the Environmental Defense Fund In half a heartbeat the Obama team could put the kibosh...   Houston Chronicle: Emails raise questions about [...]

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11-3-11

By |2016-12-22T22:33:15-09:00October 3rd, 2011|Uncategorized|

Calgary Herald by Stephen Elwart.  Alison Redford has a unique opportunity to change the Alberta government’s relationship with the oil and gas industry in her first week on the job during hearings in Washington to debate the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline.    Keystone XL Pipeline Information.  MetalMiner: The Keystone XL Pipeline: Costs and Benefits - Houston Chronicle: Environmentalists challenge Shell’s Arctic drilling plan - Houston Chronicle: TransCanada ramping up lobbying to win Keystone approval - Salon: What's the future of the oil economy?   ALASKA GASLINE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR       October 03, 2011 ANCHORAGE, AK., [...]

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Life After The Pipeline? – Keystone Progress

By |2016-03-13T04:03:43-09:00October 3rd, 2011|Personal|

Calgary Herald by Rebecca Penty.  As the final hours of public hearings on one of North America's largest energy projects were set to begin, Russ Girling was taking in a bird's-eye view of his company's planned megapipeline route through a key battleground - Nebraska.  Having ditched his suit and tie for work boots after meetings in Washington over the $7-billion, 2,700-kilometre cross-border Keystone XL, the TransCanada Corp. CEO tracked the pipeline's right-of-way over the state 30 metres up in a helicopter. ADN by Sean Cockerham.  A new report from the University of [...]

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Mackenzie/Keystone Projects Could Boost Canada’s Economy – North Dakota Supports TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline – ANGDA Board Reviews Alaska Gas Projects

By |2016-12-22T22:33:15-09:00September 29th, 2011|Uncategorized|

Canadian economist, Avery Shenfeld, has a plan to boost Canada's economy...and it involves the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline (Montreal Gazette Story by Jay Bryan).  *  Calgary Herald by Amy Chung: Ottawa can create millions of jobs and build its way out of a difficult economy by backing energy megaprojects such as the Keystone XL pipeline, former environment minister Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) said Wednesday. This Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA) September 22 Board packet, released last week, enables readers to review that organization's Alaska natural gas related activities and observations.    KTUU.  U.S. [...]

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Last Week Exciting

By |2016-03-13T04:03:42-09:00September 26th, 2011|Uncategorized|

Last week your author had the honor of co-chairing the 7th Annual Oil & Gas Congress in Anchorage.   Governor Sean Parnell's (Photo) speech: Thank you, Dave. Thank you, Senator McGuire and tribal leaders. Welcome Coast Guard and FERC representatives. We appreciate the work you are doing. Welcome to our neighbors from Canada.    ADN Story by Sean Cockerham.  (more coming....)

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Supporting Cancer Survivors

By |2016-12-22T22:33:15-09:00September 23rd, 2011|Personal|

Today we take personal privilege to inform readers of a wonderful event tomorrow organized in support of Cancer survivors.  Organizers met last Friday, 9-16 to fine tune the plan. This 'dream team' included Shelley Romer (Alaska Cancer Care Alliance), Christina Anderson (Willow Environmental) and Michael Zoske (Art Services North). James Pepper Henry, of course, provides a career of accomplishment and a wonderful venue at a reasonable price ... and has already captured a place in America's history as one of the best Museum managers anywhere!  Facebook Reference With Photos. This [...]

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Obama Defies Congress – Begich Urges Alaska Gas Pipeline Loan Guarantee

By |2016-12-22T22:33:16-09:00September 23rd, 2011|Federal Obstruction|

ADN by Becky Bohrer.  U.S. Sen. Mark Begich (NGP Photo) has urged the state to consider a loan guarantee that would help with financing for a major Alaska natural gas pipeline.   September 21, 2011, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today offered testimony at an oversight hearing on “ANWR: Jobs, Energy and Deficit Reduction,” held by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, chaired by Representative Doc Hastings (R-WA).  “Some of our nation’s richest oil reserves exist along the coastal plain known as ANWR,” Governor Parnell said. “It’s accessible. It’s extractable. [...]

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9-22-11 A Big Day For ANWR Debate

By |2019-02-10T15:20:06-09:00September 22nd, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|

Virtually the entire economy of Alaska, as we know it, depends on 'throughput' of a strong, dependable stream of crude oil traversing Alaska via the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).  As State government spending expands at unsustainable double digit rates, pipeline throughput declines at a 5-6% rate.  ANWR, adjacent to Prudhoe Bay, has the potential to increase and sustain pipeline throughput for many years to come.  A part of ANWR, the 1002 area, was designated by Congress for 'future' oil and gas development.  The Obama administration via the US Fish [...]

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