Persily Promotes Pipeline Perseverance – Point of Personal Privilege: Honoring Ron Miller

By |2016-12-22T22:33:51-09:00May 9th, 2011|Federal Coordinator, Personal|

We exercise our personal privilege: to honor our friend Ron Miller, who passed away yesterday.  We are grateful for a good ADN story by Lisa Demer that pretty well describes why those who knew Ron, will remember him as a dedicated citizen who gave more than full measure for the good of his fellow man and whose life of professional competence and high integrity ended entirely too soon.   -dh ADN Compass Piece by Alaska Gas Pipeline Federal Coordinator, Larry Persily (NGP Photo).  It's time to once again show that Alaska can [...]

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Congressman Doc Hastings Moves OCS Legislation With Bipartisan Help – RDC Hears PacRim Coal’s Environmental Message – We’re Off To The Races!

By |2016-12-22T22:33:52-09:00May 5th, 2011|Federal Progress, Personal|

 See Arctic Imperative Summit Agenda: June 19-21, Alyeska Resort, Anchorage "Mining and Fish" were the focus of the Resource Development Council for Alaska's (RDC) early morning meeting today in the Anchorage Convention Center when PacRim Coal's Project Manager Dan Graham (NGP Photo) inventoried the mining-fish relationships and history in Alaska.  See Video Here.  (Event Photos below.) WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2011 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1230, the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act, with a bipartisan vote of 266 to 149. Introduced by Natural Resources Committee Chairman [...]

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Boeing and Oil Have Alaska and Economics In Common – Taxpayers Attack Reid-Obama Energy Policy

By |2016-12-22T22:33:52-09:00May 5th, 2011|Uncategorized|

40 National Groups Want Action on Energy!   Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Repairs at the Horizon oilsands upgrader near Fort McMurray are expected to cost between $350 million and $450 million and half of the plant is to be ready to commission by by mid-June, owner Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. reported Thursday. The Alaska Standard by Pete Sepp.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV-PPG $3.91) is pushing for a vote in the Senate to target the energy sector with tax hikes disguised as the elimination of “subsidies.” These tax increases [...]

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Coastal Governors Coalition Attracts BOEMRE Attention As Stephen Harper’s Election Bodes Well For The Oilpatch

By |2016-12-22T22:33:52-09:00May 4th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|

See Arctic Imperative Summit Agenda: June 19-21, Alyeska Resort, Anchorage Comment.  Yesterday (Scroll down) we reported on the creation Monday of a Coastal Governors Coalition preparing to meet the various challenges posed by federal government Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) policy.  Today, we offer readers this letter sent yesterday by Michael Bromwich (NGP Photo), Director of the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) to the four governors: Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry of Texas, Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Alaska's Sean Parnell.  The letter stresses how [...]

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Sean Parnell Joins Other Governors In Coastal Governors Coalition – Congress Focuses On OCS This Week

By |2016-12-22T22:33:52-09:00May 3rd, 2011|Federal Obstruction|

Commentary: We have written here for over two years about overreach of the federal government affecting both on- and off-shore natural resource exploration and development.  That overreach affects virtually every human activity in the North--including oil and gas pipeline efforts.  Yesterday in Houston, coastal governors -- including Sean Parnell -- began to organize a joint effort to augment their individual federal overreach defenses.  -dh Houston Chronicle.  Rick Perry (NGP Photo) is joining governors from Alaska and other states bordering the Gulf of Mexico today in a bid to get coastal state [...]

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NYT Says Shell to Submit New Arctic Exploration Plan – SPE Keynote Speaker is Alaska Commissioner Cathy Foerster

By |2016-12-22T22:33:52-09:00May 2nd, 2011|Federal Progress|

Register here for the North American meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and hear Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commissioner Cathy Foerster's (NGP Photo-Above) Keynote address next Monday morning in Anchorage: "The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's Response to Macondo."  -dh Petroleum News Headlines:  Heavy oil starts (Full story) Following a lengthy delay after the completion of a $100 million heavy oil test facility on Alaska's North Slope, BP has now put a heavy oil test well into operation ..... Exxon's Thomson warning (Full story) ExxonMobil is suggesting its Point Thomson project [...]

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ANS Natural Gas to Gasoline? – Tom Brennan Critiques Media – Harbour Misses Year over Year by 26 Seconds

By |2016-03-13T03:57:26-09:00May 1st, 2011|Personal|

PNA via ADN by Alan Bailey (NGP Photo).  With an increasing air of pessimism around the prospects for a pipeline to export natural gas from the North Slope, there is talk of alternatives for monetizing the vast quantities of gas stranded in Arctic Alaska. Point of Personal Privilege.  In order to keep up with northern energy news and our zippy readers, we, of course, need to remain on this side of the grass and reasonably fit.  To that end, l exercise almost every day and try while failing almost daily to eat [...]

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Alaska’s Constitutional Crisis – Natural Gas Demand Higher Than Ever And Going Higher

By |2016-12-22T22:33:53-09:00April 29th, 2011|Uncategorized|

Reminding Readers: the Deadline Is TODAY: For Protecting Public Use of the Oceans and Great Lakes.  Use This Webpage to Easily Comment by the Friday Deadline On Another Example Of Federal Overreach -- As Washington Bosses Seek To Zone (Restrict) Ocean Use. ADN Compass Piece by Mike Hawker (NGP Photo).  the Senate refuses to pass the capital budget to the House until the House guarantees to not change contingency language that our Attorney General and the Department of Law say is unconstitutional -- and that many House members believe compromises our sovereign [...]

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BOEMRE Seminar 3:30 Today in Anchorage/Barrow/Fairbanks/Juneau: Defining Risk In the Arctic (We hope they’ll cover the greatest risk: an economic malaise caused by the Federal government, not environmental damage from 21st Century Arctic explorers -dh)

By |2016-12-22T22:33:53-09:00April 28th, 2011|Federal Obstruction|

 Here is an update for the time and location of the UAA Seminar today (Invitation Here) This afternoon, at 3:30pm, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Deputy Regional Director Jeffery Loman will be one of the presenters with the University of Alaska – North by 2020’ seminar series – Defining Risk in Arctic Coastal & Offshore Resource Development. His topic: Preventing Success from Breeding Complacency. The seminar continues to explore overarching concepts of assessment and mitigation of risks applied in different settings relevant for natural resource development.   Susan [...]

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BOEMRE Seminar 3:30 Today in Fairbanks/Anchorage: Defining Risk In the Arctic (We think the greatest risk is an economic mailaise caused by the Federal government, not environmental damage from 21st Century Arctic explorers -dh)

By |2016-12-22T22:33:53-09:00April 28th, 2011|Uncategorized|

Here is an update for the time and location of the UA- BOEMRE Seminar today, 3:30 p.m. This afternoon, at 3:30pm, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Deputy Regional Director Jeffery Loman will be one of the presenters with the University of Alaska – North by 2020’ seminar series – Defining Risk in Arctic Coastal & Offshore Resource Development. His topic: Preventing Success from Breeding Complacency. The seminar continues to explore overarching concepts of assessment and mitigation of risks applied in different settings relevant for natural resource development. [...]

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House Finance Hearing Tomorrow – Deadline to Comment on Ocean Use Tomorrow – Ziff Issues Updated Gas Supply Balance Report

By |2016-12-22T22:33:54-09:00April 28th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|

 Reminding Readers: the Deadline Is TOMORROW: For Protecting Public Use of the Oceans and Great Lakes.  Use This Webpage to Easily Comment by the Friday Deadline On Another Example Of Federal Overreach -- As Washington Bosses Seek To Zone (Restrict) Ocean Use. Comment.  The House voted to improve the investment climate through tax reform (HB 110), a bill the Governor had recommended, but the Senate refused.  But some of us believe the Senate is acting foolishly, wanting to spend $2 billion this year on capital projects--as state revenues decline by 7% [...]

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Meet Chairman Caron at the Inuvik Petroleum Show If You Can! – Attend Federal Coordinator Conference on Future of Alaska – TransCanada Trades Pipeline Interest – Commentary: Some Alaska Lawmakers are Adroit

By |2016-03-13T04:03:44-09:00April 27th, 2011|Federal Coordinator, Federal Obstruction, NEB|

The Deadline Is Friday: For Protecting Public Use of the Oceans and Great Lakes.  Use This Webpage to Easily Comment by the Friday Deadline On Another Example Of Federal Overreach -- As Washington Bosses Seek To Zone (Restrict) Ocean Use. "Alaska's economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil, and if Alaska is going to maintain a healthy economy years into the future it needs more oil and it also needs a gas line," said Federal Coordinator Larry Persily (NGP Photo-l). "Without billions of dollars in new investment, the longevity of the oil [...]

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We Say “Strip EPA’s OCS Oversight” and Congress Is Listening – Calgary Debates Replacement for Jim Prentice

By |2016-12-22T22:33:54-09:00April 26th, 2011|Federal Obstruction|

  Fox News via Alaska Standard, By Dan Springer.  Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. The move has angered some in Congress and triggered a flurry of legislation aimed at stripping the EPA of its oil drilling oversight.  Shell has spent five years and nearly $4 billion dollars on plans to explore for oil in the [...]

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Northern Gas Pipelines Supports Good News! Great Kids! Project

By |2016-12-22T22:33:54-09:00April 26th, 2011|Uncategorized|

 Good News! Great Kids! awards banquet honors outstanding students   Every year, the Mayor's Office and the University of Alaska team up to recognize and reward ten local high school students. The awards, called Good News! Great Kids!, honor juniors or seniors who have succeeded in school and overcome a personal challenge. Additionally, the students pay tribute to their most inspirational teacher or mentor, who is then presented with the mayor's CREATE (Community Recognition for Educational and Teaching Excellence) award.  Mayor Sullivan with the students and teachers at Good News [...]

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