6-4-15 Perry Announces For President Putting Energy Reform As A Top Priority

By |2016-12-22T22:28:17-09:00June 4th, 2015|Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress|

Commentary: Today, Governor Rick Perry (NGP Photo) announced his candidacy for president.  His message embraced a reversal of most Obama-era policies--especially those involving energy.  He said, "There is nothing wrong in America today that a change in leadership will not (correct)."  (Full Video Below) We hope that is so; if it is to be so, it will take the sort of passion, commitment, experience and determination reflected in his remarks today.   Yesterday a dear friend on Facebook posted an editorial about 'unaffordable housing costs and stagnant wages'.  It sounded to me like [...]

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6-3-15

By |2016-12-22T22:28:17-09:00June 3rd, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, You Read It Here First|

TODAY: “The Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of a new rule that will dramatically increase the agency’s power, and will devastate Americans’ ability to use their own property and their own water." Pedro van Meurs Mexico Meeting This Summer  National Energy Board Staffing AP/ADN by Dan Joling (NGP Photo).  Ten environmental groups Tuesday sued a federal agency over its approval of a plan by Royal Dutch Shell PLC for exploratory petroleum drilling off Alaska's northwest coast. Comment on Arctic exploration.  We have the highest regard for Shell, its employees and its [...]

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6-2-15 New Alaska North Slope Discoveries!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:17-09:00June 2nd, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|

NEW Alaskan Discoveries Are Significant: See TODAY'S NEWS!  (Note: we thank Rebecca Logan {NGP Photo}, Alliance General Manager, for alerting us to this important announcement!) Keystone XL Commentary by Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee TODAY'S RELEVANT ENERGY LINKS, COURTESY OF CONSUMER ENERGY ALLIANCE     Calgary Herald British Columbia's energy projects lure companies stung by Alberta downturn Calgary Herald Still, all of the LNG terminals proposed for the British Columbia coast remain in the planning stage while gas and crude- oil pipeline projects face ...     CBC.ca Kinder Morgan Trans [...]

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6-1-15 Interior Needs Inspector General

By |2016-12-22T22:28:18-09:00June 1st, 2015|Uncategorized|

TransCanada reaches deals with three more BC First Nations forpipeline CBC.ca According to the project website, the 900-kilometre pipeline is expected to deliver natural gas from Hudson's Hope to the proposed Pacific NorthWest ... Majority Leader, Chairmen Bishop, Chaffetz, Calvert Urge President to Nominate Permanent Inspector General at Interior     WASHINGTON, D.C. – For more than six years the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has been without a permanent Inspector General which has “reduced the Department’s efficiency and deprived taxpayers from fully realizing the benefits of a strong inspector general,” according to key lawmakers in [...]

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5-29-15 Economic Death Spirals and More….

By |2016-12-22T22:28:18-09:00May 29th, 2015|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal|

Economic Death Spirals: Part I By Dave Harbour Economic Death Spirals are never pleasant and can vary in impact.  As a former utility regulator, I was always on the lookout for potential utility death spirals, for their impact could bankrupt utility investors, make utility rates unaffordable for consumers and/or threaten the lives of those dependent on life sustaining heat, light, water and sanitary services.  A utility death spiral can strike when rates become too high for consumers to afford.  In such a case, fewer consumers can pay for the service.  [...]

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5-28-15 Murkowski Cheers LNG Export Approval … Urges Repeal of Oil Export Ban

By |2016-12-22T22:28:18-09:00May 28th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Federal Progress, LNG|

Comment: We remind our Canadian and U.S. readers that with so much North American oil and gas existing and potential production and with so many more LNG export projects than the market can accommodate, any major news such as the Alaska LNG export approval today affects investors, jobs, treasuries and economies in both countries.  -dh BREAKING NEWS TODAY!  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today cheered the Department of Energy’s approval of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export license for Alaska’s massive North Slope natural gas resources.  READ ENTIRE STATEMENT HERE....  Our [...]

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5-27-15 Meetings For Our Readers

By |2016-12-22T22:28:18-09:00May 27th, 2015|LNG, Personal|

Alaska LNG Reviews Pipeline Route With Government Agencies, by Larry Persily (NGP Photo) on behalf of the Kenai Peninsula Borough   Petroleum News: Canada's Mackenzie Gas Project Still Breathing!   Today: funeral services for our longtime friend, energy advocate and "Alaska's Diplomat", Chuck Becker (NGP Photo). Tomorrow: the big LNG meeting in Anchorage, open to media and the public. Next Week:  The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will hold its 2015 EIA Energy Conference on June 15 and 16 at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in Washington, DC. The EIA Energy Conference has become a premier forum [...]

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5-26-15 Big LNG Meeting In Anchorage This Week

By |2016-12-22T22:28:18-09:00May 26th, 2015|Uncategorized|

Big LNG Meeting In Anchorage This Week U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will host a roundtable discussion in Anchorage on Thursday on the federal processes for permitting an Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project. We invite you to join us.   The event will include a public discussion between senior energy officials from the relevant federal agencies about key federal permits, processes and opportunities related to an LNG export project in Alaska.    Attendees will include Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, [...]

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5-26-15 With Approval Of So Many At Home And Abroad, We Name Chuck Becker: “Alaska’s Diplomat”

By |2016-12-22T22:28:19-09:00May 25th, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Personal|

Point of Personal Privilege: Scroll Down For An Update On, "Alaska's Diplomat", Our Friend, Chuck Becker  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), Friday issued the following statement in response to a letter that 18 Senate Democrats sent to Interior Secretary Jewell, calling on the Obama administration to stop energy production in the Arctic. This comes after the administration approved plans for Shell to drill in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea this summer. “Today’s attempt to block energy production in Alaska ignores the facts. For more than 30 years, Alaska has demonstrated its safe [...]

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5-22-15 EPA Broke The Law When It Preemptively Attacked the Pebble Project.

By |2016-12-22T22:28:19-09:00May 22nd, 2015|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|

Many friends of "Alaska's Diplomat", Chuck Becker, have commented on the important life he led, including his energy industry understanding.  (Note: we will remove or edit any comments at the request of commenters.  -dh) Canada's Fraser Institute analyzes how US loss of freedom affects economic recovery...and wonders how Alberta's new government will affect energy industry vitality.  EPA's Pebble Blame Game Wall Street Journal (Write "Pebble" and/or "Federal Overreach" and/or "Rule of Law" in our NGP Google search engine, upper right.  You will find our many references, like this one, to the Pebble [...]

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5-21-15 In Memoriam: Chuck Becker; Our Recent Commentary Reverberates

By |2016-12-22T22:28:20-09:00May 21st, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Personal, Reader Comment|

Today's News and Commentary In Memoriam Point of personal privilege: Our great friend, Chuck Becker, passed away this morning (Photos).  Today, family and countless friends are mourning his passing.  We will attempt to provide more official information as the family makes it available. Chuck and I met in the mid-1970s in Washington D.C.  Another dear friend, the late Anchorage Mayor George Sullivan was his client and I was representing the first North Slope gas project, the Arctic Gas Consortium, with Washington and Anchorage offices. After Chuck had moved to Anchorage and completed his [...]

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More Alaska Oil Industry Angst Approaches

By |2016-12-22T22:28:20-09:00May 19th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|

Attend the Annual Alaska Oil & Gas Association Luncheon!  Show support for a sustainable future! Our Instinct: Conservatives Must Seize Opportunity To Save Alaska's Economy  by Dave Harbour ​Please read news items below We admire Senator Lisa Murkowski's vigilance on Arctic exploration issues -- and the initiative of her committee's Communication Director, Robert Dillon.  See TODAY'S COMMUNICATION AND VIDEO HERE. Many moons will come before Shell Oil and other producers, under the most agreeable circumstances, can find and commercially produce oil and natural gas from Alaska's Arctic reservoirs in the [...]

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Dave Harbour’s Ecuador

By |2016-12-22T22:28:20-09:00May 19th, 2015|Uncategorized|

An Ecuadorian Story by Dave Harbour Like you, the Harbours love to travel.  This is a 6-7-12 NYT article written about our Casa San Sebastian home in Cuenca.  The featured apartment belongs to our neighbor across the hall. NBC News, Posted 5-8-15 ABC News, Posted 5-15-13 House Hunters International, Posted 5-15-15 Like most Americans, we usually make travel plans around points East and West and have spent time in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. But having been born in Texas and attended elementary and Junior High School in New Mexico, [...]

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5-18-15 New EIA INTERNATIONAL Portal; LNG Links Courtesy of Larry Persily

By |2016-12-22T22:28:20-09:00May 18th, 2015|LNG|

EIA launches redesigned International Energy Portal Today, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) launched a redesigned International Energy Portal to improve access to international energy data and trends in global energy markets. "With most of the future growth in energy consumption expected to occur outside of the United States and with increasingly interconnected world energy markets, a clear perspective on the international energy landscape is critically important, and EIA's redesigned International Energy Portal makes it easier to gain insight into global energy developments," said EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski. From our Energy Information [...]

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