12-23-16 Alaska LNG: Now Is Not The Time

By |2016-12-23T16:33:20-09:00December 23rd, 2016|AGDC, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming, LNG|

All about Alaska's gas project ... and its fiscal crisis Korean agencies spent over $75K on Gov. Walker and officials on Asia trip New milestone in the gas line project: The state is taking over Board for Alaska gas line project to miss another deadline AGDC officially takes over AKLNG Oil industry prepares to fight to keep tax credits alive in 2017 State receives AK LNG work, land issue still unresolved Our editorial yesterday Regarding our "Naive" editorial yesterday Courtesy: http://tinyurl.com/hjs5l85     Our Commentary: [...]

12-22-16 Conquering our naïveté to save capitalism!

By |2016-12-22T22:26:40-09:00December 22nd, 2016|ANWR, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Fracking, Global Warming, Rule Of Law|

Killing Wealth Producing Energy To Kill Capitalism Requires Our Naïveté by Dave Harbour Courtesy: http://tinyurl.com/hjs5l85 Honest folks can be naive.  They assume the best of everyone but, ironically, treacherous ones among us require our naïveté to attack our way of life, as when the United Nations climate change Czar affirmed that the goal of environmental activism is to kill capitalism. President Obama's winning campaign slogan has been, "Change we can believe in", though the word "change" only became fully defined with systematic efforts to 1) increase constituent reliance on democrat largess [...]

12-20-16 Alberta & Alaska Continue Economic Struggles

By |2016-12-22T22:26:40-09:00December 20th, 2016|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Canadian Energy Policy|

Varcoe: Alberta's troubling contradiction for 2017: Jobless recovery.   Calgary Herald.  It will be years before pipelines are constructed, oil and natural gas prices are fickle, and producers aren't adding staff after the painful downsizing of ... _______________________ Obama prepares to block sale of new offshore drilling rights in much of U.S. Arctic, Atlantic.   Coming in the waning days of his administration, Obama's move responds to a clamor from environmental activists who have looked for a way to lock in protections before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.  Jennifer A. [...]

12-19-16 Alaska/Feds at odds over land selection

By |2016-12-22T22:26:40-09:00December 19th, 2016|Federal Obstruction|

State opposes BLM use of unproven technology for state land entitlement (Anchorage, AK) – A decision issued today by the federal Bureau of Land Management to terminate a critical agreement with the State of Alaska and abandon the proven method for surveying the State of Alaska’s land entitlement reneges on promises made in the Alaska Statehood Act, according to Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack. The BLM and the Department of Natural Resources have worked together for 53 years under a memorandum of understanding that guides the transfer of federal [...]

12-18-16 Liberal Politicians Bowing To Climate Change Religion May Live To Regret It

By |2016-12-22T22:26:41-09:00December 18th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Our Canadian friend, Dr. Graham Thorpe, sent us the following email.  It warns of faux environmental rituals of those practicing the ‘global warming/climate change’ religion, along with a description of the horrendous outcomes of their anti-civilizing brand of evangelizing.  Dr. Thorp’s commentary is completely consistent with our commentaries provided to readers here, over the years.   Thorp's warnings apply as much to the United States and other spoiled, liberal, ''developed" nations as to his own country of Canada.  –dh _____________________________________________________________________________ Hi: The following article, entitled “Climate Change and the Modern-Day Scrooge”, [...]

12-17-16 Flyover Canada Favors Pipeline

By |2016-12-22T22:26:41-09:00December 18th, 2016|Canadian Energy Policy|

Varcoe: Despite polarized feelings, more Canadians pleased with Trans Mountain pipeline ...  Calgary Herald Here's a different take on Canada's combustible pipeline debate: More ... Despite polarized feelings over the building of oil pipelines, more people ... of tanker spills, pipeline leaks, increased greenhouse gas emissions and a ... In Calgary, the prime minister should not only be addressing the pro-pipeline ..

12-16-16 Canadian Climate Debate Divides East & West, Producers & Consumers. In U.S. It’s A Familiar Debate, Too

By |2016-12-22T22:26:41-09:00December 16th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Petroleum News.  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared outright victory Dec. 9 in his campaign to gain backing for a national “framework” agreement on climate change. But getting there needed an 11th-hour concession from British Columbia and, despite Trudeau’s persistent claim that all participants endorsed the need for action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the summit of 10 provincial and three territorial premiers wrapped up with Saskatchewan and Manitoba - two Prairie provinces which relay almost exclusively on resource development to underpin their spending programs - refusing to sign on. [...]

12-15-16 Senator Joe Manchin: Strong Energy Advocate

By |2016-12-22T22:26:41-09:00December 15th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Chairman Bishop Opines On DOI Appointment House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop issued the following statement in reaction to the appointment of Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT) to head the Department of the Interior.   “Selfishly, I’m not crazy about this nomination, because Zinke was a bright freshman member of our committee. This will be a loss for us. I was looking forward to working with him on Resources and in the Western Caucus. However, this appointment gives us greater opportunity to help people and solve problems that face [...]

12-14-16 Trump policies could benefit all kinds of Alaska/Canadian energy projects

By |2016-12-22T22:26:41-09:00December 14th, 2016|AGDC, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Federal Progress|

Rosetta Alcantra Rosetta Alcantra, Vice President of Communications for the Alaska Gasoline Development Corporation (AGDC), will present a brief overview, “Who is AGDC?”  (Monday, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce) ________________________ Did you receive yesterday's Email Alert (You read it here first) Canada Says Goodbye to Coal Generation by 2030 EIA Says U.S. oil and natural gas proved reserves decrease: lower prices ____________________________ 3 legislators look to next session.  Kenai Peninsula Online.   Chenault said one of his concerns will be the uncertain future of the Alaska [...]

12-13-16 Our Canadian Friend Reminds Us That Scrooge Was Anti-Carbon

By |2016-12-22T22:26:41-09:00December 13th, 2016|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, You Read It Here First|

Alert: President-elect Donald Trump will name Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana to serve as Interior Secretary, senior transition sources tell Fox News.   More: http://www.foxnews.com/live-coverage/transition-to-trump Senator Cathy Giessel.  NGP file photo by Dave Harbour Sen. Cathy Giessel, chairs the Senate Resources Committee: "It bodes well for business," she said of Tillerson being nominated (for Secretary of State). "It bodes well for Alaska."   KTUU Two Texans who love Canadian oil offered pipeline-policy roles in Trump cabinet   Trump is right to keep an "open mind" on environmental [...]

12-12-16

By |2016-12-22T22:26:41-09:00December 12th, 2016|Arctic Policy, Canadian Energy Policy, Intrastate Gas|

Fred Carmichael, Inuvik, Northern Gas Pipelines Photo by Dave Harbour Arrested Development: For the town of Inuvik, the Mackenzie Valley pipeline was the lifeline that never came Resistance to infrastructure projects – whether they be pipelines, hydro dams, mines or wind turbines – has become commonplace in Canada. But it’s costing us. As part of a four-month investigation, the Financial Post identified as many as 35 projects, worth $129 billion, that have been stalled or cancelled due to opposition from environmental, [...]

12-10-16

By |2016-12-11T04:43:26-09:00December 11th, 2016|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary|

Slope oil giants set to prosper as veto fallout continues Journal of Commerce by Elwood Bremer.   The consequences continue to reverberate after Gov. Bill Walker’s veto of more than $600 million owed to independent explorers and producers in the last two years. A pair of stories in the last week detail one company trying to meet its loan obligations to the state even as the state refuses to make good on its obligations to the company, and the other reveals that the major North Slope producers are now buying [...]

12-9-16 Murkowski Energy Bill Fails, Blames House; Canada’s Energy Policies Fail With Rising Global Warming Hysteria

By |2016-12-22T22:26:41-09:00December 9th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Alternate Energy, ANWR, Arctic Policy, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary, Energy East Pipeline, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming|

Earlier this week, we wondered if Alaska's governor, Bill Walker was rational when, in a letter to ExxonMobil, he cautioned one of his state's major investors to subdue its Constitutional right of free speech.  Today, our Argus Media friends reminded their readers of this blundering statement: "Please do not take steps to thwart Alaska's ability to monetize our gas," Walker wrote. Argus also focused on another gas project blunder. "Alaska governor Bill Walker has told ExxonMobil that the state does not need to provide the producer fiscal certainty on the massive [...]

12-8-16 Let’s circle the wagons on the Dakota Access Pipeline issue

By |2016-12-22T22:26:41-09:00December 8th, 2016|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas|

Our Native Friends We'd like to circle the wagons again, around the Dakota Access Pipeline issue -- following our Tuesday commentary -- and make sure the issue doesn't devolve into a racial epithet crossfire wherein no one is safe and many are left with wounded feelings. To start, we have many Native friends and our first reaction to the Standing Rock tribe's Dakota Access Pipeline protest was that local folks might be mistreated.  We know that the Sioux Nation has had a troubled relationship with the federal government for [...]

12-7-16 Alaska/Alberta Investment Climates Face Similar Challenges

By |2016-12-22T22:26:42-09:00December 7th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|

Alaska and her Canadian provincial sister, Alberta... ... both face similar economic/political challenges.  1) Both have an overdependence on volatile petroleum income, though Alaska's dependence is greater.  2) Each has a liberal leader who understands the importance of natural reource revenue; but, some of their major constituencies actually oppose natural resource development and support higher energy taxes.  3) The Governor of Alaska and Alberta's Premier both preside over large bureaucracies whose funding has been slashed by a two-plus year energy price decline.  4) Meanwhile, energy competitors all over the world are [...]

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