9-22-15 BP’s US and Alaska Economic Reports

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 22nd, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|

See BP's 2015 $135 billion US Economic Impact and Its Alaska Economic Report (Supporting over 24k jobs) Our Commentary Calgary Herald.       Cagary Herald End of year deadline for review of Alberta Energy Regulator, says minister ADN by Pat Forgy.   The North Slope Borough has become fabulously wealthy from taxes on the oil industry and its massive Prudhoe Bay infrastructure.   More.... Reader Commentary by Our Mid-Atlantic Energy Senior Consultant Friend (Reference this Fuel Fix Story by Collin Eaton) Our Commentary While Alaska producers are poised to finance and build a gas pipeline/LNG export [...]

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9-21-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 21st, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|

Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) wrapped up his final day of meetings to discuss Alaska’s liquefied natural gas potential to prospective customers in Japan.  More from Office of the Governor. ADN Op-Ed by Paul Jenkins.  ... While Gov. Bill Walker was off doing whatever he was doing last week in Japan -- ostensibly trying to peddle Alaska liquefied natural gas he does not own -- he left a fuse smoldering here.  ...  Walker has a penchant for tossing monkey wrenches. He wanted to expand the $10 billion Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline [...]

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9-20-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 20th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG|

Comment:  Peninsula Clarion by Rashah McChesney.   It was a friendly gathering, but Alaska LNG project representatives found themselves in the hot seat on Thursday during the first of two informal community meetings planned in Nikiski. For two hours, community stakeholder adviser Josselyn O’Connor and socioeconomic adviser Mark Jennings fielded questions ranging from  Yesterday's Forum On Alaska's Fiscal and Economic Future verified that Alaska has no consensus for avoiding the fiscal cliff. Alaska's future is the product of its own decisions, and that future looks dire. Only exceptional leadership can [...]

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9-19-15

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 19th, 2015|LNG|

Globe and Mail, by OSAMU TSUKIMORI.  Alaska could pay $70-million (U.S.) to $100-million for TransCanada’s 25 per cent stake in the midstream and upstream sectors of the proposed Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, Governor Bill Walker said on Thursday. Walker has recommended to legislators that the U.S. state should buy the stake, adding to a similar stake in a planned liquefaction plant and giving it a quarter share of the giant 20 million tonnes per annum export project.  More....

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9-18-15 “Who’s On First?”

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 18th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary|

Petroleum News.  With Premier Christy Clark at the helm, the British Columbia government entered a two-day summit on Sept. 9 with about 500 First Nations leaders hoping to bridge the chasm on future economic, social and legal relations. Walker Returns to Japan To Market Gas He Does Not Control (But Japanese hospitality is so impressive!) Alert: Alaskans Concerned about a nearly 50% gap between state income and spending should attend Tomorrow's Forum On Alaska's Fiscal and Economic Future!  Here's the program and here's how to watch live. For additional reference, [...]

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9-17-15 Went fishing in El Cajas today…

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 17th, 2015|Uncategorized|

...bud did not forget our responsibility to contribute to the archives: Calgary Herald by James Wood and Dyland Robertson.  Sparks flew over issues of energy development, pipelines and carbon emissions as federal leaders debated the fragile state of the Canadian economy in the hard-hit heart of the oilpatch.  More....

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9-16-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 16th, 2015|Reader Comment|

  Today's relevant energy links from Consumer Energy Alliance: Dave, I’ve been meaning to tell you for a long time that your website is a great source of information on what is happening in the industry in our part of the world. - Tom Brennan (NGP Photo, autographing his book, Snowflake Rebellion) Bloomberg Business: New Yorkers Reap Lower Power Bills From Shale Gas Bonanza The shale boom has reached the Big Apple. Wholesale on-peak electricity prices for Manhattan and its four neighboring boroughs averaged $40.99 a megawatt-hour since the start of [...]

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9-15-15 “Tell It Like It Is”

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 15th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|

Yesterday: LNG Prospects Lower.  Now: Hawaii, NOT a Prospective Customer For BC and Alaska Yes, Low Oil Prices Also Affect Service Industries and Their Thousands of Employees and Sub Contractors! EPA Alert Calgary's New "Tell It Like It Is Leader" Big OCS News Today: New Moratorium! Reader Commentary, Below, and Our Reaction Commentary, "Telling it like it is" carries with it a responsibility for diligence and judgment: We are honored to receive so many calls and emails every week, over many years, from readers throughout the world.  We hardly ever make [...]

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9-14-15 LNG Prospects Fading

By |2016-12-22T22:28:01-09:00September 14th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|

See Sunday's TAPS Pioneer Op-Ed by Dave Haugen (NGP Photo-L) *     *    * Anchodrage Daily Planet, "Dealing with a $3.5 billion deficit", by Tom Brennan (NGP Photo) ALASKAN PIPE & LNG POLITICS / ECONOMICS.  ADN.  In a tense marathon meeting that one lawmaker likened to an “inquisition,” Republican legislators blasted the state’s gas line team after learning that a lack of agreement between the state and its partners in the massive Alaska LNG project may preclude a special session this fall, possibly leading to costly delays.    CANADIAN PIPE & LNG [...]

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9-13-15 Gas Pipeline Pioneer Haugen Pioneered Oil Pipe Too

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 13th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy|

Washington Examiner Op-Ed by David Haugen (NGP Photo) I am proud of my role in shaping Alaskan oil and gas development since the 1970s and in helping to produce "Pipeline Pioneers," a new film series available at arcticopportunity.org about the people who helped build one of the country's greatest and most critical engineering landmarks — the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). The series depicts TAPS through my eyes and those of four other Alaska pioneers — Dave Norton, Scott Harter, Kathleen Dalton and state representative Benjamin Nageak. Since its construction in the 1970s, [...]

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9-12-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 12th, 2015|Uncategorized|

    Calgary Herald Wildrose critical of hiring of pipeline critic in premier's office Calgary Herald More from Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald ... Wildrose is slamming the hiring of a pipeline opponent in the premier's office. ... Marcella Munro into a senior communications role in the premier's office in Calgary a sign of ... “Hiring senior staff with views on our oil and gas sector that stand in direct contrast to ...

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9-11-15 “Never Forget”

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 11th, 2015|Uncategorized|

Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) today ordered all Alaska state flags to be lowered tomorrow in honor of Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, which is an annual recognition of the events that took place on September 11, 2001. This action follows a proclamation by President Barack Obama to lower all United States flags in honor of those who were killed on September 11, 2001. Comment:   We don't wish to spoil an otherwise poignant remembrance day.  We do wish to urge our public officials to honor remembrance [...]

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9-10-15 Once again–you read it here first!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 10th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|

We love the Energy Producing States Coalition's advocacy for domestic energy and join the group in welcoming a new legislative member, Pennsylvania's Representative Pam Snyder (Photo).  -dh Calgary Herald, by Geoffrey Morgan.Suncor Energy Inc.’s Steve Williams blasted the “stupidity” of pipeline politics in the U.S. and Canada.... Our Readers will be interested in Tom Brennan's (NGP Photo) Sunday, Anchorage Daily Planet review of the role Exxon, ARCO, Tom, Hank Rosenthal and others -- including your author -- played in Alaska Waterfowl enhancement policies of the 1970s and 80s.  -dh Exxon CEO Rex [...]

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9-9-15

By |2016-03-13T03:56:31-09:00September 9th, 2015|Alaska Taxes|

ADN.  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s administration plans to propose reducing the state’s $600 million oil and gas tax credit program, cutting back on breaks to industry that are no longer needed, Revenue Commissioner Randy Hoffbeck said Tuesday. In a meeting in Anchorage of a state Senate working group on tax credits, Hoffbeck told assembled lawmakers and industry representatives that state payments aimed at reviving a flagging natural gas industry in Cook Inlet had worked. There are no longer fears of a shortage in Anchorage and elsewhere in Southcentral Alaska, he [...]

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