8-8-17 State Keystone Hearings Begin

By |2017-08-08T05:50:41-09:00August 8th, 2017|LNG|

Alaska's Flag Markets Daily, by Michael Walen on Aug 7th, 2017.  State of Alaska Department of Revenue increased its stake in Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE:LNG) by 135.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 7,095 shares of the energy company’s stock after buying an additional 4,080 shares during the period. State of Alaska Department of Revenue’s holdings in Cheniere Energy were worth $345,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Keystone [...]

8-3-17

By |2017-08-07T09:05:59-09:00August 7th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Frustrating delays for natural gas: Interior Energy Project halted in argument about IGU spending News-Miner opinion: Good news about natural gas for the Interior is hard to come by these days. For more than a year, progress has effectively been at a halt on the Interior Energy Project that aims to bring the fuel to Fairbanks and provide a lower-cost, more stable heating option for residents. The picture got worse late last month, when an Interior Gas Utility update to the Borough Assembly revealed that IGU has been forced to stop work on [...]

8-7-17

By |2017-08-07T07:29:22-09:00August 7th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Senate Restores FERC Quorum, Confirms Deputy Secretary of Energy Committee Also Advances Five Nominees to Full Senate                                                                                                                                                  [...]

8-6-17

By |2017-08-07T06:22:54-09:00August 6th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Geologic photos of Alaska available through searchable online tool (Fairbanks, AK) – The Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys has published more than 6,500 free public-use photographs taken during geologic field projects in its new database application, the Geologic Photos of Alaska, available at maps.dggs.alaska.gov/photodb. The photos document scenery, landforms, rock outcrops, geologic observations, vegetation, wildlife, and fieldwork activities conducted throughout Alaska, usually in remote locations that are difficult or expensive to revisit. Many of the photos now currently available through this application were taken by former DGGS geologists Gil [...]

8-5-17 BC LNG and CNR

By |2017-08-06T19:54:20-09:00August 6th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Regional district, MP Zimmer address LNG, CN Rail issues, Alaska Highway News. Regional district, MP Zimmer address LNG, CN Rail issues ... the B.C. side of the Alaska Highway onto the Drive BC website—it currently only covers ...

8-4-17 Good News?

By |2017-08-04T09:38:34-09:00August 4th, 2017|Alternate Energy, Arctic Policy, Canadian Energy Policy, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Keystone XL, NARUC, Rule Of Law, You Read It Here First|

As we end the week: Good News From Petroleum News Alaska BP to expand four Prudhoe Bay pads  08/06/2017 (Trouble viewing this article? Click here) BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. wants to expand four existing drilling pads at the Prudhoe Bay unit to improve drilling rig access to existing wells at the onshore North Slope unit. In four separate requests in mid-July, the company asked state oil and gas officials for permission to add 0.9 acres to.... Conoco earnings rise  08/06/2017 (Trouble viewing this article? Click here) ConocoPhillips Co. reported adjusted earnings of $167 [...]

8-2-17 We Appreciate The Heartland Institute’s Logical Positions On Energy Issues!

By |2017-08-03T12:22:22-09:00August 3rd, 2017|Uncategorized|

As a candidate for president in 2016, Donald Trump unveiled his America First Energy Plan—a bold proposal to transform the United States beyond mere energy independence. His goal was to make America a global energy power again, and that’s exactly what’s happening. Trump has already turned back years of Barack Obama’s anti-energy policies, causing the United States to once again emerge as a global energy power. This is an amazing turn of events—one that would have been impossible had Hillary Clinton won the 2016 election, and still remarkable under Trump. You must join [...]

8-1-17 We Congratulate Fox News For Its New Alaska Map

By |2017-08-01T14:46:10-09:00August 1st, 2017|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Notes From the Road, NPR-A, Ocean Policy, OCS, Trump Administration Energy Initiatives|

MORNING HEADLAMP: A TALE OF TWO WALKERS – BEST OF TIMES, WORST OF TIMES (Please note that this 7:35 p.m., EST version replaces an earlier, unedited draft.  -dh) Why Fox News' Initiative To Properly Portray Alaska's Size & Location Is Important To Alaskans ... And, To All Americans Commentary by Dave Harbour Fox's improved North American map more accurately contrasts Alaska's size, position and importance relative to the Lower 48 states. 7-29-17. -dh Caribou on oil industry gravel pad. Being five feet above the mosquito infested [...]

7-29-17 Enough said….

By |2017-07-29T20:41:59-09:00July 29th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Trump Reportedly Threatens Retaliation Against Alaska For Murkowski Healthcare Vote.  Natural Gas Intelligence.  Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) voted against a motion Tuesday to move forward ... the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., filed a permit application with the ...

7-26-17 We’re on the road; but here’s your COMMENTARY from Seward, Alaska….

By |2017-07-28T05:51:11-09:00July 26th, 2017|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Commentary, Federal Progress, LNG|

Committee Passes Bill to Improve Transparency, Management of Federal Land Ownership Comment: Since the majority of federal land is within Alaska, the 49th state could be a major beneficiary of legislation to inventory federal land assets.  -dh WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 2199, the “Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017” or the “FLAIR Act.” Introduced by Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), the bipartisan bill requires the Department of the Interior to create a publicly available register of federal real property to increase [...]

7-25-17 While we are away on assignment…

By |2017-07-26T06:15:08-09:00July 25th, 2017|Alaska Taxes, Competition, You Read It Here First|

...there's this, from our friend, Pedro van Meurs: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND MODELLING OF PETROLEUM FISCAL SYSTEMS London, UK December 4 - 6, 2017   NEW COURSE: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND MODELLING OF PETROLEUM FISCAL SYSTEMS Pedro van Meurs (l). Northern Gas Pipelines photo with publisher (r) This is to announce that a new 3-day computer inter-active course Economic Analysis, Design and Modelling of Petroleum Fiscal Systems is scheduled to take place in London on 4-6 December 2017.   The course is developed by Van Meurs Corporation and will be held in [...]

7-22-17 Lest We Forget: America Has Enemies Abroad…And At Home!

By |2017-07-22T08:43:15-09:00July 22nd, 2017|Uncategorized|

Saturday Commentary on Climate Change Followup:  As 'climate change' hysteria overtook public discourse with the approaching Paris climate lovefest, we demonstrated that the leaders of the pack were lying to the world (link).  We documented their goal to use environmental tools not to improve the environment but to destroy capitalism (link).  We have shown that environmental activists have even used foreign funds to sabotage their own country's energy industries, which closely resembles the definition of treason (link).  We have warned oil companies that cuddling up to the Paris altar [...]

7-21-17 We bet that of our NEB and Energy Committee stories most of our readers, “first saw it here”!

By |2017-07-21T12:20:06-09:00July 21st, 2017|You Read It Here First|

As we work on an assignment today, we wish our readers a personally fulfilling weekend!           -dh Judge rules that NEB must reconsider BC natural gas pipeline jurisdiction  CBC.ca   A Federal Court of Appeal judge has ruled the National Energy Board must reconsider whether a proposed TransCanada Corp. natural gas pipeline in ... Will US sell hundreds of millions of barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Committee Reviews Key Interior and Energy Nominees  Murkowski Plans to Use Extra Weeks of August Session to Push for Timely [...]

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