American federal agency OKs gas pipeline project fought by residents CBC.ca A federal agency in the U.S. has approved the construction of a high-pressure natural gas pipeline that's drawn intense opposition from some Ohio ...
We continue to see signs the U.S. government is now improving policies that benefit Alaska natural resource development, national jobs, the national economy and national defense. -dh U.S. transportation secretary announces efforts to speed up project development in Alaska U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, visiting Alaska for a two-day trip, announced measures on Thursday to streamline what she called the "burdensome"… Interior Secretary Zinke: National monuments stay but ‘some changes’ loom Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Thursday he does not plan to eliminate any of the 27 national monuments the Trump administration placed [...]
Chairman Rob Bishop Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Rob Bishop issued the following statement in reaction to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s final review of national monument designations under the Antiquities Act (Act): "I am encouraged by the recommendations to revise previous designations that were inconsistent with the law and outside the Act's size limitations. It is my hope that President Trump takes this opportunity to begin realigning uses of the law with its intended purpose. It’s also incumbent on Congress to pursue reforms to the Act that ensure it is being used to protect antiquities while [...]
TODAY'S RELEVANT ENERGY CLIPS, COURTESY: CONSUMER ENERGY ALLIANCE David Holt file photo by Dave Harbour, Northern Gas Pipelines The Dallas Morning News: Texas energy jobs and projects could start to flow again with renewed energy regulation panel. A government-induced clog that's delayed billions of dollars in pipeline projects is about to get cleared. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this month regained its voting quorum for the first time in half a year, allowing the panel to next month finally act on approval of critical matters that range from natural [...]
Alaska's Government Gas Pipeline/LNG Project Still Treads Water We fear government owned/subsidized projects -- even wasteful or uneconomic ones -- produce support industry crony capitalists who become dependent on the client and supportive of socialist government benefactors and candidates for public office. A misplaced fear? You be the judge. by Dave Harbour In spite of low prices and unprecedented competition in the gas/LNG industry, Alaska's government subsidized North Slope gas monetization project continues to tread water, shall we say, "gasping for air". Alaska Governor Bill Walker. Northern Gas Pipelines [...]
Oil & Gas News & Alaska LNG Updates by Larry Persily, Kenai Peninsula Borough Northern Gas Pipelines file photo, Larry Persily Oil and gas news briefs for Aug. 21, 2017 China boosts natural gas imports to keep up with growing demand (Bloomberg; Aug. 16) - Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government has beaten expectations in its drive to help clear the nation’s notoriously smoggy skies by burning less coal and oil in favor of cleaner natural gas. But that success may be too much, too soon. Gas consumption [...]
Homer Tribune In a recent ruling, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service determined the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. qualifies as a tax-exempt political subdivision ...
Alaska's Dowager Statewide Paper Besieged by Creditors Public Domain Photo: Anchorage Daily Times, 6-3-1942. (Reminder: please scroll down for two more commentaries on Canadian / Alaska oil and gas issues and history....) In this case: dow·a·ger, ˈdouəjər/, noun. Definition: a widow with a title or property derived from her late husband. e.g. "the dowager duchess". Informal, a dignified elderly woman. Commentary: Our "dowager" description of Alaska's successor statewide newspaper is descriptive, however flawed. For the Anchorage Daily News (ADN), now the Alaska Dispatch News (ADN), did acquire the assets of Anchorage's legacy newspaper, the [...]
Photo courtesy Shell Oil Washington, D.C. – Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and 118 additional Members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary Zinke requesting the Department of the Interior to include consideration of all Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lands in the development of a new National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. “Just as today’s energy security is the result of production set in motion by decisions made years ago, the decisions on OCS leasing and development facing the Department [...]
LNG World News • Synetics wins FSRUs surveillance services contract • Australia's July LNG exports jump above 5.4 million mt • First US LNG cargo on way to Lithuania • DOE: U.S. LNG exports reach 310.4 Bcf in H1 2017 • Cheniere in China LNG move • Chart, GFW launch LNG-diesel fueling truck • UK watchdog accepts Wood Group-AFW merger remedy • South Korea boosts July LNG imports • Q-Max Umm Slal heading for South Hook LNG terminal • Santos flags $690 mln impairment charge [...]
Larry Persily, Kenai Peninsula Borough. Northern Gas Pipeline Photo by Dave Harbour Courtesy: Larry Persily, on behalf of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Persily is former Federal Coordinator of earlier-planned Alaska gas pipeline project. (Also, reference yesterday's post.) -dh Oil and gas news briefs for Aug. 14, 2017 LNG glut leads buyers to renegotiate deals, but it can’t last forever (Forbes columnist; Aug. 11) - Welcome to the largest, steepest, most prolonged drop in prices the liquefied natural gas industry has ever faced. Since the giddy [...]
Tax exemption for AGDC Petroleum News As a political subdivision, AGDC will not be subject to federal income tax, the corporation said, and can issue tax-exempt debt. The expectation is that ... AGDC reports progress in attracting interest to gasline Alaskajournal.com Accordingly, AGDC has also set up a data room for potential customers to examine the technical design and environmental information on the project ...
Today we provide this letter that a long time reader and natural resource expert sent us yesterday. While the general subject revolves around forest management for maximum benefit of Alaska's people, we note that the concepts of multiple use and sustain yield apply to oil, gas and mining. Why? Because mining and energy do not preclude other uses of public and private lands -- and are highly regulated in any case. Second, while forests and hunted and fished species, managed properly, are "renewable", oil, gas and mining are "newable". [...]
Alaska Indigenous groups try to influence Canadian mining project talks. Indigenous leaders in Southeast Alaska hope to form a statewide alliance lobbying for protection of salmon stocks in the state, including the Yukon River watershed. Read More Feds seek comments on Alaska's in-state natural gas pipeline. KTOO. (Map courtesy of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation) ... The Alaska Standalone Pipeline would bring gas from the North Slope to Wasilla. Alaska Highway reopens after tanker crash and fuel spill Read More
MID-WEEK AL-CAN ENERGY HEADLINES Nebraska landowners grill TransCanada over Keystone pipeline. CBC.ca. Attorney Dave Domina told CBC News that Albertans should be able to relate ... Domina also alluded to TransCanada's Bison Pipeline, a natural gas ... Alaska tribes try to influence Canadian mining project talks. A group of 16 southeast Alaska tribes has hired a coordinator to express their concerns about a series of large Canadian mining projects that the tribes fear… Alaska tribes form provisional government, seek sovereignty Tribe leaders in western Alaska have set up a provisional government that might lead to [...]