Dan Fagan and Dave Harbour Discussed 'All Things Oil & Gas' Last Friday (Hour 2) Alaska Dispatch by Rena Delbridge. Tuesday night, State Pipeline Coordinator Mark Meyers and Division of Oil and Gas Director Kevin Banks will answer gas pipeline questions at Begich Middle School. (At 9 a.m. Tuesday, they will appear before the Anchorage Mayor's Energy Task Force at City Hall to discuss the South Central Alaska natural gas supply outlook. -dh)
Don't Forget to Write the Feds Today for Alaska's Sake (Click Here)! Juneau Empire by Pat Forgey. Murkowski (NGP Photo) wasn't re-elected, but was he right? Today's story in progress and will be released by this weekend.... This morning on CNBC Interior Secretary Ken Salazar did not focus on the tremendous domestic oil and gas potential of Alaska and the Lower 48, on- and off-shore. Instead, he focused on three energy policy 'drivers': reducing dependence on foreign oil (i.e. not by producing more of our own), creating more green jobs [...]
Calgary Herald. Despite years of delay, an Arctic pipeline has "never been closer" to fruition, federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) said Wednesday. ... Inuvik Mayor Derek Lindsay said he doesn't want to see any further delays. Local businesses are banking on a pipeline to kick-start the economy. Lindsay is counting on his support for the project to help him get re-elected in a civic election next week. He lived in Inuvik after the last attempt at the pipeline fell through and said he's hopeful for a positive outcome this time. "I don't [...]
Regulatory Delay And The One Project-One Assessment Proposal By Marie H. Buchinski, Kelsey J. Drozdowski, and Celeste M. Hutchinson In Canada, the federal, provincial and territorial governments have assumed a role in the development and operation of various energy projects, particularly those that have the potential to impact the environment. This separation of jurisdiction between the levels of government, arising in part from the division of powers under the Constitution Act, 1867, has demonstrably contributed to regulatory delays regarding project approvals because of the sometimes difficult task of coordinating the [...]
Retired Joint Pipeline Office geologist Joe Dygas gives us this O&G Journal tip and editorial remark: Oil and natural gas are indispensable in a growing world energy market, and Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to make gas roughly half of its total production by 2012, its chief executive officer said on Oct. 8. “This is not merely a shift in our portfolio. Increasing natural gas production and transportation by liquefying it and shipping the LNG to global markets means that more natural gas will be available to displace coal as the [...]
Two Federal agency threats to our way of life require our letters TODAY. Please write, and send us a copy here. LA Times, by Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer. The federal government's top ocean scientists are urging the Interior Department to drastically reduce plans to open the coast to offshore oil and gas drilling, citing threats to marine life and potentially devastating effects of oil spills in Arctic waters. The recommendations by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are informal and not binding. But if adopted, they would restrict development in some [...]
Alaska Dispatch by Rena Delbridge. A complex deal between the state and TransCanada Corp. to spur construction of a multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline has done little to make the project more commercially viable and could put the state at financial risk, a former state petroleum economist says. Speaking at an oil industry gathering Thursday in Anchorage, Roger Marks (NGP Photo) said state leaders made faulty assessments in their quest to land the long-sought pipeline project. At issue is the state's $500 million subsidy and exclusive license to pipeline builder TransCanada -- a deal [...]
1. Clean Air Act Permit - EPA - Shell. (Please comment here prior to October 20) Example: 10-8-09. Rick Braun, Anchorage. Sirs: I thought the comment period had closed already, but since it is still open I wish to say that the permit SHOULD be issued and soon. The exploration of the Chukchi Sea by Shell can be done safely and will result in significant additions to our state's economy and the nation's energy resources. Both are vital. I do not see any need to restrict Shell's ship operations by [...]
Updates to "cumulative effects": 03-15-10. Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) Battles with the Federal Government 12-23-09. Sullivan and Young Fight Beluga Designation 12-08-09. Alaskan and American Consumers are Endangered Species 12-16-09. Council on Environmental Quality Interim Framework for Marine Spatial Planning (Ocean Policy). EDITORIAL AND CALL TO ACTION: DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS Dateline, Biloxi, by Dave Harbour. Last week I editorialized about how current Washington attacks on domestic energy are cumulative, and threaten the economies of Alaska and the country. This week, I appeared before the IOGCC (Scroll down to see [...]
Biloxi Round-up, by Dave Harbour (NGP Photo, with Arnold Jackson of Danbury Resources). The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission was born in an age of intense emotional and economic dissent over a half century ago, at the dawn of the modern American oil and gas industry. Authorized by an act of Congress to help states better coordinate the efficient removal of energy resources, the IOGCC today carries on a proud tradition of coordinating best practices among its over three dozen oil and gas producing states' members. Below, the Dallas News [...]
Yesterday morning in Buloxi, Mississippi, Governor Sean Parnell (see video) kept approval of Alaska OCS and implementation of an Alaska gas pipeline at the top of his priority list. Parnell shared a morning podium with IOGCC Chairman Brad Henry of Oklahoma, Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant and Texas Governor Rick Perry (2009-10 Chairman). (NGP Photo, Parnell-l and Bryant) Silo Breaker, reprint of Tim Bradner article. Rock-bottom prices for natural gas aside, there's a lot of worry that the new U.S. boom in gas production from shale in addition to [...]
Notes from the road commentary.... Last night, Governor Sean Parnell arrived in Mississippi, met with leaders of the Interstate Oil andGas Compact Commission (IOGCC) and attended a dinner in preparation for his formal appearance this morning. (NGP Photo, with Lisa Ivshin, Executive Director of the hosting Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board.) The IOGCC is a Congressionally chartered non-profit organization of about 38 oil and gas producing states whose official members are governors of those states and their oil and gas conservation commissioners. In Alaska's case, the Alaska Oil [...]
...was a wonderful event, complete with a rousing and informative speech by Senator Ted Stevens and the "Oil Patch Has Talent" entertainment segment. (...more report to come. -dh) Alaska Dispatch. In a new opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, and reposted on Alaska Dispatch, Gov. Sean Parnell makes a formal appeal to expand oil and gas exploration on Alaska's outer continental shelf. The U.S. Department of Interior is currently considering the issue. Parnell says that the amount of oil and gas in Alaska's OCS is estimated to contain twice the oil [...]
...without the Joint Federal-State Oil and Gas Beaufort Sea Lease Sale of 1979 thirty years ago? What would Alaska be without the 30-year-old Alaska Support Industry Alliance whose first formal action was to support that 1979 lease sale? Hit the Alliance website here today as an expression of appreciation for its Members' 30 years of service to the families of Alaska! Where would we be, indeed; I don't know exactly, but Alaska's circumstances would be decidedly less prosperous. Commentary: As the Alliance celebrates 30 years of success, we [...]
Today, Mayor Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo) invited CEOs of the major Southcentral Alaska energy utilities to join him for a public briefing on actions his Administration is taking to successfully confront any possible energy shortages during peak use periods. Those 'peak' periods generally occur before and after the normal work day when Alaska's winters are coldest and darkest. That circumstance produces the biggest demand from business and residential customers for electric light and heat, and, for natural gas hot water and room heating. Before and after work are generally the times in [...]
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