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7-20-17 TODAY IN CONGRESS. MONDAY TAPS. A WORKABLE ALASKA GTL SCHEME?

By wpnorthern|2017-07-20T10:10:36-09:00July 20th, 2017|AGDC, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Competition, Federal Progress, Global Warming, LNG, TAPS and North Slope Oil|

Murkowski Welcomes Nomination of Joe Balash for Key Role at Interior Members Discuss Bills to Bring Much Needed Reforms to the Endangered Species Act Varcoe: New BC energy minister faced with rekindling Canada's bold LNG dream Prospects For Exporting Alaska LNG? Reference: U.S. LNG exporters could lose money for years, analysts say, Price competition holding back Canada’s LNG export hopes, Exxon drops plans to develop 46 tcf gas field offshore Indonesia (Links from Larry Persily) Is Gas To Liquids In Alaska's Future (Scroll down)? TODAY: HOUSE COMMITTEE MOVES TO IMPROVE MINING [...]

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7-19-17 What Do Alaska & Ecuador Have In Common … Besides Our Vacation Home In Cuenca, High In The Andes?

By wpnorthern|2017-07-19T12:15:48-09:00July 19th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Competition, Federal Progress|

Alaska Oil Production = Ecuador's (+/-) Ecuador, Courtesy: BBC Alaska Petroleum, courtesy USGS Note that while Alaska was once the largest US oil producing state at over 2 million barrels/day, its Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) is currently 3/4 empty. Ecuador, a small OPEC producer taps from its reserves about the same as Alaska now produces, a little over 500k barrels/day. This WALL STREET JOURNAL story attracted the attention of our Mid-Atlantic energy analyst friend in his commentary below, which should interest our US and Canadian [...]

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7-18-17 Today in Congress it’s “all about Alaska”!

By wpnorthern|2017-07-18T14:02:14-09:00July 18th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, ANWR, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Federal Progress, NPR-A|

Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on onshore oil and gas development in Alaska. Panel members highlighted the many benefits for Alaska and the Lower 48 if the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) were opened for responsible exploration and development. “Energy development in the State of Alaska is a key component of achieving American energy independence. Enabling new opportunities for exploration and development, especially in the NPR-A and in ANWR, will create thousands of good jobs [and] [...]

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7-17-17 Having A Competent Governor Is Critical To 1) Balancing the Budget, and 2) Attracting Investment & Jobs

By wpnorthern|2017-07-18T09:22:11-09:00July 17th, 2017|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Competition, Control Government Spending, LNG, OCS|

7-17-17 = WHAT A LUCKY DATE TO ANNOUNCE A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDACY -- FOR A PRO-FREE ENTERPRISE, PRO NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, PRO FAMILY, PRO DISCIPLINED GOVERNMENT SPENDING LEADER WITH EXTRAORDINARY SKILLS AND COURAGE! Mike Dunleavy files for governor Suzanne Downing July 17, 2017 Alaska News, Politics 8 Comments Senator Mike Dunleavy, Candidate for Governor of Alaska Sen. Mike Dunleavy of Wasilla filed a letter of intent with the Alaska Public Offices Commission today to run for governor. He is a Republican. Dunleavy, who represents District E, left the Republican caucus earlier this spring after breaking with [...]

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7-16-17 US News Re: Kenai LNG Plant

By wpnorthern|2017-07-18T14:07:35-09:00July 16th, 2017|Uncategorized|

TRANS ALASKA PIPELINE SYSTEM (TAPS) The pipe dream lives on at Prudhoe Bay: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline turned 40 years old last month. US NEWS & WORLD REPORT: ConocoPhillips is preparing to fully shut down its Kenai liquefied natural gas plant while it continues to find a buyer for it. ConocoPhillips spokeswoman Amy Burnett said Wednesday that the company is preparing to put the plant into long-term shutdown mode this fall, The Alaska Journal of Commerce reported (http://bit.ly/2tWS738 ). The closure will focus on preserving the plant [...]

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7-13-17 Scroll down for last night’s late breaking, good news!

By wpnorthern|2017-07-12T20:57:50-09:00July 13th, 2017|Uncategorized|

From our Mid-Atlantic energy analyst friend, today's observation: “The tussle for supremacy between OPEC and U.S. shale drillers is killing off older oil fields at the fastest pace in almost a quarter century. That could hurt the industry once the current glut has faded.” We blend that into include other forces that are trending to curtail future crude oil production: If one takes the cumulative increased decline of older assets together with the drying up of new annual new discovery additions (a subject for future note), plus the higher decline rates of shale wells, [...]

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7-12-17 EPA Returns Rule Of Law To Pebble Partnership – BOEM ‘Conditionally’ Approves Eni’s Beaufort Sea Exploration Plan

By wpnorthern|2017-07-12T16:34:33-09:00July 12th, 2017|Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Ocean Policy, OCS, Rule Of Law|

Today we provide readers with this breaking announcement from the Pebble Partnership. We believe this announcement, in reality, acknowledges that the rule of law has returned to Alaska natural resource projects in general. See our editorial. -dh EPA Withdrawal Notice A Welcome Return to Normal Permitting for Pebble Pebble Project's Alaska State Lease area The Pebble Partnership welcomed Tuesday's announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is has initiated steps to withdraw its Proposed Determination restricting development at the Pebble Project. PLP CEO Tom Collier had the following [...]

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7-11-17 Congress Puts Alaska In The Spotlight

By wpnorthern|2017-07-11T11:07:34-09:00July 11th, 2017|Alaskanomics, ANWR, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Energy Calendar Dates, Federal Progress, NPR-A, Ocean Policy, OCS, Pedro van Meurs|

Subcommittee to Consider Ways to Develop Alaska’s Onshore Energy Resources FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2017 CONTACT: Parish Braden or Molly Block (202) 226-9019 Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 2:00 PM in 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight hearing titled “Promoting Onshore Oil and Gas Development in Alaska.” WHAT: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources oversight hearing “Promoting Onshore Oil and Gas Development in Alaska” WHEN: Tuesday, July 18 2:00 PM WHERE: 1324 Longworth House Office Building Visit the Committee Calendar for additional information once it is made [...]

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7-10-17 Wind Energy Blowout Week

By wpnorthern|2017-07-11T11:32:56-09:00July 10th, 2017|Alternate Energy, Commentary, Competition, Crony Capitalism, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming, Pedro van Meurs|

A Wind Update From our Mid-Atlantic energy analyst friend (i.e. who prefers to remain anonymous): Blowout week, batteries and offshore wind Don and Monica Kotowych at Grouse Mountain BC by Dave Harbour, IOGCC Meeting, 6-2-12 ...we link Euan Mearns’ Blowout Week collection of links to major energy articles from the past week, with a host of excerpts and links to many timely energy topics. The excerpt delivery approach follows our effort to pass along the basic part of a story quickly. This is perfect in our time-challenged society. http://euanmearns.com/blowout-week-184/ [...]

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7-9-17 Memos Won’t Get An Alaska Gas Pipeline

By wpnorthern|2017-07-08T11:25:01-09:00July 8th, 2017|LNG|

A Memo Does Not An Energy Project Make, according to Paul Jenkins who provides this viewpoint in an ADN op-ed piece this weekend. -dh Memo to: bla, bla, bla. Non committal. Bla, bla. With conditions. Bla, bla. If economically feasible. Bla, bla. We'd love to have Alaska gas under the right economic conditions. Bla, bla. Assuming pipeline/LNG tariff and taxes and producer prices are acceptable to us. Bla, bla.... "This project is Alaska's get well card," bla, bla.... Reading the breathless news that Korea Gas Corp. [...]

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7-8-17 Secretary Acts To Reduce Regulatory Delay and Expedite Lease Sales

By wpnorthern|2017-07-08T10:48:22-09:00July 8th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Arctic Policy, Federal Progress|

Murkowski: New Secretarial Order Will Help Reduce Permitting Delays Ryan Zinke. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour HOMER, AK - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement after Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke issued a Secretarial Order directing the Department to hold regular onshore oil and gas leasing sales and to reduce delays in the processing of Applications for Permits to Drill (APDs) “After years of bureaucratic delay that held back [...]

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7-6-17 President Trump Offered Poland Energy and Missile Defense Lifelines

By wpnorthern|2017-07-06T12:12:40-09:00July 6th, 2017|Commentary, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, NARUC, Reader Comment|

Today President Trump announced to an admiring crowd in Warsaw that Poland should not be dependent upon a single source of energy. As the President leaves Poland for Germany -- and a demanding G-20 summit -- he leaves behind a legacy of warm cooperation. That legacy on the one hand includes Poland's continuing commitment to NATO and on the other hand a US commitment to provide an alternate fuel supply of LNG as well as a missile defence program. See related stories below. -dh (Photo: President Trump in [...]

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7-5-17 Energy Evolution Continues – North Korean Threat Approaches Climactic Conclusion

By wpnorthern|2017-07-05T11:00:23-09:00July 5th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary|

At 3 p.m. EST today we witnessed U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's speech regarding the dangerous conditions evolving from North Korea's latest threatening missile test. She offered the U.N. members a choice: act together to impose serious sanctions or expect the U.S. to act to defend itself. Here for reference is a "Korea" speech we offered the Alaska World Affairs Council last October and a Washington Times Op-ed on Korea we provided last November. -dh The Day After America's Fourth Of July, We Pray The Energy Evolution Continues In Freedom For [...]

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7-4-17 Independence Day

By wpnorthern|2017-07-05T08:37:43-09:00July 4th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Our Friend, Margy Johnson, is Executive Vice President of the Alaska Dispatch News. Margy Johnson. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour On the 2011 Fourth of July weekend, she opined on the importance of the oil industry to Alaska and asked, as we often have, why major beneficiaries of oil do not more actively support oil industry projects that sustain citizen and state government financial prosperity. Here are excerpts! The University of Alaska has buildings named after some of their more generous donors: BP and Conono Phillips, [...]

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6-30-17 As South Korean President Visits Washington, AGDC Touts “Memorandum of Understanding” With Korea Gas Corporation

By wpnorthern|2017-06-30T10:05:18-09:00June 30th, 2017|Uncategorized|

President Trump and Secretary Zinke Open up Comment Period for New 5-Year National Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program Alaska Oil Tax Policy Oil tax credits re-emerge as issue for Alaska lawmakers Alaska Senate Republicans put pressure on the House Thursday to end a program that financially rewards oil exploration and production… The Latest: Alaska Senate wants action on oil tax credits Alaska's Republican-led Senate majority wants lawmakers to return to Juneau to end a program that financially rewards oil exploration and production. Senate to return to Juneau on July 10 to [...]

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