9-8-15 ConocoPhillips Plans New NPR Well Sites

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 8th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|

Important Tax Credit Hearing Occuring Today In Alaska: Details Here Larry Persily's relevant energy links Juneau Empire Op-Ed by Caroline Higgins (NGP Photo).   Last week, Alaskans welcomed President Obama to our state.   ...opportunity to let the world know how we Alaskans feel about developing our plentiful natural resources.... Here is the perspective we Alaskans need to remember and share: Alaskans support resource development in huge numbers. Just last year, Consumer Energy Alliance surveyed Alaskans for their views on offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic. They found that [...]

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9-7-15 BLM Cleanup Progress: Thanks to an Alaska Senator and Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

By |2016-03-13T03:56:31-09:00September 8th, 2015|Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|

BLM completes Cape Simpson cleanup work - 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) The federal Bureau of Land Management said Sept. 1 that it has completed cleanup of Cape Simpson legacy well sites in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. BLM said it facilitated removal of surface debris through an inter-agency agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps contracte.... Read the 'rest of the story', beginning in 2012 and long before....  -dh

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9-6-15

By |2016-03-13T03:56:31-09:00September 7th, 2015|Uncategorized|

Quitting headlong dive - 09/06/2015 (Full story) Just days after Alberta Premier Rachel Notley refused to back away from fast-tracking a royalty review and corporate tax hike her government has done an about face. After meeting with more than 1,000 industry leaders since it was elected four months ago, Notley's left-wing New Democratic Party admin....   10% Conoco cuts to hit Alaska - 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) ConocoPhillips is proposing to cut some 10 percent of its workforce. The impact is expected to be within that 10 percent range in Alaska, ConocoPhillips Alaska spokeswoman [...]

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9-5-15

By |2016-03-13T03:56:30-09:00September 6th, 2015|Uncategorized|

Petroleum News.  August ANS production down 11% from July - 09/06/2015 (Login to read Full story) Alaska North Slope production averaged 418,127 barrels per day in August, down 10.6 percent from a July average of 467,922, with all fields down substantially Aug. 21-22 during Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.'s second planned maintenance shutdown of the summer. Alyeska spokeswoman Michelle Egan said w....

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9-4-15

By |2016-03-13T03:56:30-09:00September 4th, 2015|Uncategorized|

ADN by Nathanial Herz.  Several lawmakers said this week that Alaska Gov. Bill Walker may schedule a special legislative session in late October to deal with the development of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope. “It looks like the governor may be interested in calling a special session around the 20th of October,” Sen. Gary Stevens, (NGP Photo), said in an interview.

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9-3-15 Shell’s Arctic Exploration Bodes Well For Alaska!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 3rd, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy|

What’s at stake for Alaska in Shell’s Arctic drilling program?   Reader Op-Ed By Paul Fuhs (NGP Photo) A lot has been said by many people about Shell’s Arctic drilling program but I have yet to see a real analysis of what it would mean for Alaska and our people. Some have said :  “Well, it is in Federal waters so we won’t get anything out of it.”  I just don’t believe that is true.  Here are some of the direct benefits we will receive if Shell is successful in [...]

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9-1-15 President Obama Visits Alaska

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00September 1st, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|

See a broad array of Presidental visit news and feature items in today's (9-1-15) Alaska Dispatch News Comment: President Barack Obama dined last night at the Anchorage home of Alaska Dispatch Publisher Alice Rogoff (NGP Photo).  We hope that in addition to climate change issues, Alaska's major publisher was able to also discuss other matters.  Read other national and international news accounts of President Obama's Alaska visit, here.   We provided additional links, yesterday, here. Alaska's dependence and constitutional reliance on natural resources largely rest upon Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) sustainability. [...]

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8-31-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00August 31st, 2015|Federal Obstruction|

As President Barak Obama begins his Alaska visit today, we bring readers these observations from our energy consultant friends...and others (i.e. ADN, NYT, CNN, NPR, CBS, Reuters, USA Today (Note: "Climate Change" overtakes energy as focus of trip...consistent with the Obama policy of elevating climate change as top 'national security' priority.  -dh) Our great Aussie energy consultant friend begins the week with this observation, beginning with news of an ENI natural gas discovery in Egyptian waters, almost equal to the 35 TCF of stranded Alaska North Slope gas. Italian oil and gas giant ENI [...]

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8-30-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00August 31st, 2015|Uncategorized|

Governor Bill Walker will accompany the President Tomorrow morning from Washington, D.C., to Anchorage, Alaska, on Air Force One. “My goal is to spend as much time as possible with the President so I can clearly present to him the benefits our great state provides the nation,” Governor Walker said. “I look forward to discussing with President Obama opportunities for the state and federal government to work together to improve Alaska’s economic situation. I also want to thank President Obama for his leadership in permitting Shell’s exploratory drilling activities. It’s an honor [...]

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8-29-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00August 29th, 2015|Uncategorized|

    CBC.ca RCMP planning mass arrests at pipeline protest camp, northern BC chiefs fear CBC.ca Shell plans to build a 650-kilometre pipeline from B.C.'s gas-fracking region to ... In an email to CBC News, RCMP E-Division Cpl. Janelle Shoihet said ...  

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8-28-15

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

    CBC.ca TransCanada officials in Thunder Bay to rally support for Energy East pipeline CBC.ca ... a natural gas pipeline to carry oil across Canada are in Thunder Bay trying to ... TransCanada Ontario regional director Stefan Baranski told CBC News that if ... it would still take at least five years for oil to flow through the pipeline.  

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8-27-15 Imperial Seeks To Keep Mackenzie Project Alive

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00August 27th, 2015|Mackenzie Valley Oil & Gas Pipelines|

Federal Judge Stops Massive Federal Overreach--At Least For Now BREAKING NEWS: Our friend, Julia (Bell) Slingsby, Press Secretary of the Committee on Natural Resources writes in response to a N.D. federal judge’s announcement  blocking implementation of the EPA’s Waters of the United States rule: “The Waters of the United States rule is unlawful and an abuse of executive power," she says. "The judge’s decision to block the rule— which was challenged by 13 states – is encouraging, especially as EPA’s credibility has been questioned in the past month. The EPA needs to be stopped [...]

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8-26-15 Alaska AGAIN prepares olive branch for visiting federal delegation

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00August 26th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal|

Calgary Herald by James Wood: The president of the country’s major oilpatch lobbying group says the energy industry doesn’t want government to put its planned review of Alberta’s energy royalties on hold. Alaskans Prepare For President Visit "We don’t have a lot of presidents who stop here unless they’re low of fuel,” Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) said...." White House Video/Alaska Public Television: "...the president says he’s coming to Alaska because it’s on the front lines of climate change, with lives and communities already being disrupted. “What’s happening in Alaska isn’t just [...]

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8-25-15 Here Is An Alaska LNG “Wake Up Call” From LNG Expert Ray Latchem

By |2016-12-22T22:28:02-09:00August 25th, 2015|Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|

An Expert Speaks: "Alaska's In-State LNG Project" We Urge All Alaskans To Read The In State Natural Gas Opinion Piece Below; It Is Written By One of America's (and Alaska's) Most Experienced Community LNG Operators.  (Normally, we are addressing Alaska's gas export project: Ak-LNG.  Today, we look at an Alaska intrastate project.)  Vancouver Sun by Vaughn Palmer.  Louisiana beats British Columbia and Alaska on LNG Export Projects We do not support a government subsidized natural gas utility and believe the model being employed by Alaska to serve Fairbanks is deeply flawed [...]

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8-24-15

By |2016-03-13T03:55:08-09:00August 24th, 2015|Uncategorized|

TransCanada's Energy East pipeline clears another hurdle CBC.ca TransCanada Corp. has resolved a dispute with three major Canadian natural gas distributors over its proposed $12-billion Energy East pipeline ...

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