7-22-15 Arrogant EPA Refuses To Testify On ESA

By |2016-12-22T22:28:13-09:00July 22nd, 2015|Arctic Policy, Federal Obstruction, Reader Comment|

"Investment In Arctic Is Paramount", by Anne Seneca, President, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska Politico: House GOP launches fresh salvo at EPA on endangered species By Elana Schor House Natural Resources Committee Republicans say EPA is snubbing their request to testify next week on whether it abided by Endangered Species Act rules that the GOP hopes will provide a new weapon against the Obama administration’s power plant emissions rules. The House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop’s species protection probe began in the spring, when Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe admitted that EPA [...]

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7-21-15 Presidential Candidate Kasich Wants High Oil Taxes To Cover Ohio Overspending

By |2016-12-22T22:28:13-09:00July 21st, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|

Calgary Herald by Alicjaa Siekierska.  Carbon & dust emissions from oil sands activity stimulates forest growth.  “...a pillar in President Obama's energy legacy of failure.”   -Congressman Rob  Bishop    *     *     * BP Hires Vets   Consumer Energy Alliance Relevant Energy Links   Commentary: Today, 2-term Ohio Governor John Kasich announced his presidential bid (Photo credit: LA Times).  He began his term with a multi-billion dollar deficit and now enjoys a $2 billion surplus.   But Kasich's embrace of Medicaid could put more pressure on the budget every [...]

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7-20-15 BC LNG Moves Forward

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 20th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG|

Vancouver Sun by Dirk Meissner.   Commentary: Could the Alaska gas pipeline/LNG project's need for fiscal certainty be modeled after BC's attempt to provide a 25 year window of certainty for investors? Alaska Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) has pledged to seek a fiscal certainty for Alaska's gas.  But we have observed that since the major producers own both oil and gas facilities in the state, providing certainty for only the gas still leaves investors vulnerable to predatory taxation. Unfortunately Alaska has a long history of increasing or enacting oil taxes [...]

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7-18-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 18th, 2015|Uncategorized|

Point of personal privilege: We pay homage to our late friend, Mike Burns (NGP Photo).  This obituary is very well done.    ADN report.  -dh Petroleum News by Kristen Nelson.  The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority will keep Fairbanks Natural Gas management in place as it works toward expanding natural gas service in Fairbanks-North Pole area. In a July 10 submission of supplemental information regarding its application to acquire a controlling interest in.... Petroleum News by Gary Park.  British Columbia Premier Christy Clark wants to make real history in the provincial legislature [...]

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7-17-15

By |2016-03-13T03:54:44-09:00July 17th, 2015|Uncategorized|

Journal of Commerce by Elwood Brehmer.   Three of the state’s mega projects are back in business, at least temporarily, after Gov. Bill Walker’s administration partially lifted an administrative order halting spending on the development work. State officials overseeing the Knik Arm bridge, the Susitna-Watana dam and the Juneau access road all got the go-ahead to continue work with existing funding in memos sent out by Office of Management and Budget Director Pat Pitney July 6. Each of the memos notes that once authorized work is completed and immediate goals [...]

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7-16-15 PLF Takes On WOTUS, Thank Goodness!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 16th, 2015|Federal Obstruction|

After filing objections to the EPA and Corps of Engineers' proposed "waters of the United States" rule in 2014, Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys have fulfilled their pledge to challenge the rule in court. Yesterday, PLF filed a lawsuit on behalf of several agricultural organizations and property owners because the regulation expands the scope of the Clean Water Act to an unprecedented extent, violating the terms of the Act and the Constitution's limits on federal authority.  In this new Courting Liberty podcast, PLF Principal Attorney M. Reed Hopper discusses this new [...]

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7-15-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 15th, 2015|Uncategorized|

Murkowski Calls Attention to Alaska’s Isolated Energy Systems Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.   Canada’s natural gas industry will continue to shrink unless liquefied natural gas export terminals are built, an outcome that requires prompt regulatory approvals, says the lobby group representing the largely Calgary-based oil and gas business. In a report Wednesday, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said Canadian gas production will decline steadily over the next decade as burgeoning production from U.S. shale gas fields moves into its traditional consumer markets in the American Midwest and Northeast, as well as in Central Canada. [...]

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7-14-15 Alaska Gas Pipeline Commentary

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 14th, 2015|Alaska Taxes|

Global LNG Markets: Implications for Alaska (Our Canadian readers can 'read between the lines'.)  A presentation provided by Doug Rotenberg, BPs Chief Commercial Advisor, June 24, 2015.  Note: "Demand uncertainty by certain, key Asian markets." Alaska Gas Pipeline Commentary: by Dave Harbour On the links list, lower right column, readers will find a link to Alaska's Economy, First National.   Following that link, our readers will find this exchange among two commentors and your publisher: First Commentor: I hope parents share this (1st National economic information) with their teen age children. Alaska's future needs to be [...]

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7-13-15

By |2016-03-13T03:54:44-09:00July 13th, 2015|Arctic Policy, OCS|

ADN/AP by Dan Joling.  ... Royal Dutch Shell PLC 's drilling schedule for two exploratory wells this summer in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast, however, shouldn't be delayed by maintenance work on the 380-foot icebreaker Fennica, spokesman Curtis Smith said Monday. Meanwhile, as the Iran negotiations continue to be extended, please note yesterday's commentary.  -dh

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7-12-15 Our Iranian Nuclear Negotiations: Hopelessly Incompetent, Naive, Pro-American Or Pro-Enemy?

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 12th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|

Our Iranian Nuclear Negotiations: Hopelessly Incompetent, Naive, Pro-American or Pro-Enemy?  You Be The Judge. by Dave Harbour Today and perhaps tomorrow comes another deadline extension in, and maybe an ending of, the Iranian nuclear negotiation.  It is one of the most important -- and dangerous -- energy and world security issues in history. Why? The current process is alienating the United States from all of our 'former' Middle Eastern allies who, together, have helped provide significant security to the region.  Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries in the [...]

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7-11-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 12th, 2015|Uncategorized|

NGI Daily by Joe Fisher.   For decades, multiple Alaska governors have tried to push through a pipeline to commercialize the state's North Slope natural gas. Gov. Bill Walker's strategy so far has been to keep a close eye on the project timeline and to emphasize Alaska's role as a "sovereign" in dealings with partners. Walker told NGI that since the 1980s he has believed a pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal that could access Asian markets were a better bet than a just a pipeline to carry gas to [...]

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7-10-15 “Alaskan and Canadian Leaders: Investors Matter.”

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 10th, 2015|Alaska Taxes|

Could Saskatchewan become more oil investor friendly than Alberta? Alaska Support Industry Alliance Analysis Our Commentary (Reference today's articles below) Alaska and Canada Pay Attention: To investors, costs matter and costs include the cost of taxes and royalties and regulatory requirements and reneging on tax credits.   Go ahead and demonize the goose that lays golden eggs.  Try to popularize the 'taking' of more private wealth for public redistribution using tired, old and untrue "fair share" arguments.  Sure, you'll rip off investors for a short period of time but you will deter [...]

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7-9-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 9th, 2015|Arctic Policy|

Washington Post Magazine, by Julia Duin.  ... This was Alice Rogoff (NGP Photo), wife of billionaire David Rubenstein and a former Washington business executive turned owner and publisher of Alaska’s largest newspaper. Rogoff had spent nine days piloting her single-engine Cessna 206 from village to village as her reporters covered 70-plus mushers crossing the state.   ...    Rogoff’s husband was casting about for a post-White House career. In 1987, he co-founded the Carlyle Group, which would become one of the largest private equity management firms in the world. One [...]

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7-8-15 Larry Persily’s Outstanding Gas Pipeline/LNG Project Essay

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 8th, 2015|LNG|

Pipeline Building Is A Choreography Of Coordinated Steps By Larry Persily  lpersily@kpb.us July 7, 2015 Other recent Persily work   (This update, provided by Larry Persily (NGP Photo) of the Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor’s office, is part of an ongoing effort to help keep the public informed about the Alaska LNG project.) The Alaska LNG project is a planning and coordinating effort of immense proportions. Not surprising when you consider that the pipeline construction alone requires piecing together about 115,000 40-foot-long sections in precise order, in rough terrain, in remote locations — and with [...]

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7-7-15 Judge Clears The Way For 2015 Arctic Exploration

By |2016-12-22T22:28:14-09:00July 7th, 2015|Arctic Policy, You Read It Here First|

Click on one of the Alaska Oil and Gas Congress public service ads above or in the right column for a Northern Gas Pipelines conference discount (We receive no financial incentive for providing this information.  -dh) We compliment Congress for denying the EPA funds to create new and harmful, anti-energy / anti-consumer regulatory programs. This Afternoon's Release courtesy of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance and the Alaska Oil & Gas Association:  "Arctic Exploration Program Moves Forward": In a blow to environmental groups that file lawsuits designed to delay or halt [...]

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