We valued Diane Francis' Mackenzie Valley Pipeline 'Must Do' observations earlier this week.  The Financial Post columnist is among Canada's wisest observers of Arctic energy policy; if you read her blog, you'll likely conclude with us that her analytical powers extend to many other critical North American issues.  (Scroll down for today's story.) -dh See our Facebook page for more of the author's backyard flower photos.   Last night Chancellor Fran Ulmer (NGP Photo) 'listened' to Alaskan observations about her new oil and gas industry oversight role that could change the [...]

  Last Week We Urged Alaska Readers To Participate in Tonight's Meeting With Chancellor Fran Ulmer (NGP Photo), Now Serving on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. See you there! We're delighted that Federal Communication Commission Member Mignon Clyburn (Photo, with author) is visiting Alaska this week, and further honored to have hosted her for informal meetings with Alaskans yesterday evening.  A quick study who has extensively researched Alaskan issues, she will join the ranks as yet one more Washington decision maker who has become familiar [...]

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ADN/AP by Frederick Frommer.  The Minerals Management Service -- well, the name anyway -- now sits on the scrap heap of discarded monikers alongside ValuJet, Blackwater and Enron Field. Not that a new name makes it any easier for the Obama administration to convince a skeptical Congress that the agency will be any better at policing offshore drilling. ... Michael R. Bromwich, the new head of the MMS -- er, BOE -- assured Congress that the change is much more than cosmetic.... One marketing expert told The Associated Press that the Obama [...]

CTV News.  A BP-ConocoPhillips venture planning to build a huge natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the Lower 48 is in early talks to join a competing project headed by TransCanada Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. , according to a source familiar with the projects.  The BP-ConocoPhillips project, known as Denali, would likely be shelved as the two companies team with the TransCanada project, said the source, who is not authorized to discuss the status of the projects and requested anonymity. With a price tag up to $40-billion (U.S.), it’s [...]

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 The MMS is seeking comment now, until next week (June 30), on its OCS leasing plan for the period 2012-17.  Its decision could shut down this true economic stimulus for years to come.  It could cause the economic downfall of Alaska by constricting Trans Alaska Pipeline replacement oil throughput and lowering the potential for gas pipeline throughput.  A restrictive lease sale program could harm most other states in varying, significant degrees.  In large part, this decision process depends on your weighing in.  To have your opinion counted, please go to this [...]