Rena Delbridge Stories (NGP Photo): Alaska Dispatch, re: Cook Inlet Gas Storage. The Cook Inlet Recovery Act, designed to boost natural gas storage in Cook Inlet, had its first hearing in the House.  Absent a severe cold spell this winter in Southcentral, the availability of natural gas to meet peak demands for home heating and electricity may be far from consumers' minds. Alaska Dispatch, re: Alaska Permanent Fund to bankroll a gas pipeline?  One of the most influential legislators in the state House says he's sick and tired of plans, [...]

Tomorrow at noon, Radio talk show Guru Dan Fagan (NGP Photo, with Dave Harbour) will host at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel what he calls a, "wild, free for all town hall meeting featuring a panel of Alaska's best minds debating the future of our state."  Register here.  Gas pipeline and related issues are sure to take center stage! 

  Many More Photos Coming On 2-4-10.... Adrian Herrera Alicia Egan       Barry Anderson   Allison Gilbreth         David MacDowell and Tom Maloney      Christopher Guith         Darrell Wayman Diane Shoemaker           Catherine Kim   Jim Shannon         Julie Leet   Dennis Hebner         Diane Greger David Lawrence          Larry Angel      Wadeen Hepworth          

EU News.  UPI.  The oil and gas sector in the Canadian province of Alberta hinges on the outcome of the open season for TransCanada's gas pipeline to the Lower 48 states.  Calgary Herald (Story and map).  In a potential blow to Alberta's petrochemical sector, the proposed Alaska pipeline could bypass the province depending on the outcome of an open season filed Friday by the main sponsors -- Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. and Irving, Texas-based Exxon-Mobil Corp.  KTUU by Rhonda McBride.  "This is all about the shippers," said Bud Fackrell (NGP Photo-right below), [...]

CBC.  An environmental review panel's recommendation to impose noise limits on any Mackenzie Valley pipeline facilities built inside a bird sanctuary could scuttle the $16.2-billion project, its backers have told the National Energy Board.  Calgary-based Imperial Oil — the leader of the consortium that wants to build the natural gas pipeline — said it and its partners might not be able to conform to the noise restrictions recommended by the panel for facilities built within the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary. Hill Times, by JEFF DAVIS, CYNTHIA MÜNSTER.  Canada's leading environmentalists say they're [...]

Alaska's Investment Climate and Her Children Commentary by Dave Harbour Publisher, Northern Gas Pipelines   Meet Alaska Presentations, 1-22-10 (Photos)   Tesoro Alaska: Past and Present Kip Knudson, Tesoro Alaska The Cup and Critter Factors Dick Garrard, FEX Remarks for Meet Alliance Energy Conference John Minge, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Global Petroleum Survey 2009 Fred McMahon, Fraser Institute Remarks for Meet Alliance Energy Conference Dave Lawrence, Shell Lessons Learned from Solving an Alaska Economic Puzzle Dr. Scott Goldsmith, ISER, UAA A Global Perspective on Exploration Investment Larry Archibald, ConocoPhillips Continuing the [...]

See the new TransCanada-ExxonMobil Gas Pipeline Webpage and Today's Webcast: 10:30 Alaska Daylight Time CNBC Video.  This morning, Governor Sean Parnell discusses Alaska's conflict with the Federal government over naturalresouces policy...but compliments President Barack Obama's gas pipeline statements.    *     Reuters, by Yereth Rosen (NGP Photo-l) TransCanada Corp <TRP.TO> and partner Exxon Mobil Corp <XOM.N> boosted their cost estimates for a planned line to carry Alaska gas to southern markets by up to 58 percent on Friday, as the two ready plans to sign up shippers for the massive project.  The companies said [...]

The Alaska Standard by Dave Harbour: "Not Evil, Just Wrong". Alaska Advocate Blog by Steve Porter (NGP Photo).  When analyzing a specific proposal, and especially when comparing two alternative proposals, the proposed debt/equity ratio and the return on equity are two of the most important factors in comparing the projects.  Some might say that the cost of the pipeline is an important factor, but what one company estimates for the cost of the project versus what another company may estimate for the cost of the project is not really material [...]

  Not Evil Just Wrong Facebook Page: Be A Friend   Commentary, by Dave Harbour.  The "Not Evil Just Wrong" premiere at the Wendy Williamson auditorium on the University of Alaska-Anchorage campus last night--presented by the Young Republicans Club but also attended by a number of democrats and environmentalists--was a GREAT educational experience.  It addressed several environmental issues of the day in an even-handed way that--in being fair and balanced--will surely inflame those with environmentally extreme agendas.  Every middle school, high school and college student should see it...along with the rest of us.     The documentary [...]