Below is the Alaska House letter and our response....       Dave Harbour, Founder Northern Gas Pipelines   November 20, 2009   Dear Mr. Harbour:   I’d like to offer a response to the editorial regarding the recent Anchorage Daily News story and the WWF reception to clarify the mission of Alaska House, New York. Stated simply, our mission is to educate the public about both the issues and opportunities facing all Alaskans.    Your editorial rightly points out the significant economic challenges facing the State and offers a call [...]

RDC Treasurer, Tom Maloney (NGP Photo), opened the conference with a spirited introduction of Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo-r) who gave more than the usual, mayoral welcome to Anchorage.  (More reports, links, photos coming....)       Below is a Face Book comment made this morning.   Dave Harbour (Related Facebook Comment) Alaska's propensity to spend our children's future by imposing unreasonable taxes, our irresponsible spending habits, and our overall reluctance to adopt an adult-like fiscal plan are killing prospects for prosperity.  It's not too late, but it is getting [...]

Pat Pourchot Promises: "President Obama and Secretary Salazar Have Expressed Strong Support For Alaska" Alaska Dispatch by Rena Delbridge (NGP Photo-left).  North Slope oil companies issued a warning on Wednesday morning: Without significant state and federal changes, investment and new exploration will taper off dramatically in 2010.  They also cited huge shale gas reserves in the Lower 48, unfavorable state fiscal policies and massive risk associated with the multibillion dollar cost of a proposed natural gas pipeline as real challenges to delivering Alaska's natural gas to markets.  Spokespeople for majors [...]

ADN.  The full AGIA analysis available.  I'm the author of the analysis that the Daily News critiqued in its Nov. 8 editorial, "Certain Failure?" The article, called "Why America May Not See Alaska Natural Gas Soon," a critical evaluation of AGIA's prospects for success, was published in the September 2009 Journal of Economic Issues.  Roger Marks (NGP Photo)   National Post by Carrie Tait.  U.S. officials hoping to build the Alaska gas pipeline, considered a rival project to Canada's long-delayed Mackenzie Valley pipeline, met with Jim Prentice (NGP Photo-r), the federal Environment [...]

ADN.  State Rep. Jay Ramras (NGP Photo), R-Fairbanks, said he plans to seek a legal analysis to determine if the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act of 2007 -- designed to spur North Slope natural gas development -- could thwart construction of a small-scale, in-state natural gas pipeline.  Two years ago, the state signed contracts to help pipeline company TransCanada Corp. begin building a large natural gas pipeline. The act commits the state to work only with TransCanada, and Ramras questioned the penalty Alaska might face if it uses financial incentives to [...]

ADN Editorial.  This year, the Legislature and then-Gov. Sarah Palin funded a comprehensive study of in-state gas issues, including the feasibility of a bullet line.  "The state is really leading that effort now," though Enstar is participating in it, says John Sims, the company's director of corporate communications.  "Enstar has shifted our focus to our short term strategy. We have needs that have to be met in 2011, and obviously there's no way a bullet line would meet those needs."  There are good reasons talk about the bullet line has [...]

KSKA.  Soon after BP and ConocoPhillips announced plans to combine resources to start Denali – The Alaska Gas Pipeline in April 2008, Bud Fackrell (NGP Photo) was appointed president of the project, which would eventually ship 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day from the North Slope to the Lower 48, Alaska and Canada. His talk, “Denali – an update on the Alaska gas pipeline project: a world class effort with global implications” was recorded on Friday October 30th at the Alaska World Affairs Council. Google Earth Movie: Denali Virtual Tour Community Forum: Denali Pipeline (19 [...]