3-11-15 For the archives: gasline problems for Alaska’s new governor

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 11th, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|

  TODAY'S CONSUMER ENERGY ALLIANCE ENERGY NEWS LINKS KTVA by Rhonda McBride. AJOC by Tim Bradner.  I was puzzled, but not surprised, when Gov. Bill Walker made his surprise announcement that he would seek an expansion of a state-led gas pipeline that is being planned as a backup to a large industry-led pipeline and liquefied natural gas project, which is now in preliminary engineering.  More.... When Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) announced he wanted to put a backup gas line project in competition with the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project, he opened [...]

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3-10-15 Proud Of Our Newest Senator

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 10th, 2015|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Keystone XL, LNG|

Are We Proud Of Alaska's Newest U.S. Senator?  Yes We Are! (We are also delighted with the new, House Natural Resources Chairman, Rob Bishop.  Bishop replaced our longtime hero Chairman Doc Hastings and seems to be effectively and seemlessly moving forward.  More here....  -dh) During his tenure as Alaska's Attorney General Alaska's newest U.S. Senator, Dan Sullivan, brought lawsuits against the federal government for endangering Alaska's constitutionally reliant resource base. Sullivan later served as Commissioner of Natural Resources, continuing Alaska's stand against hostile instances of federal overreaching jurisdiction. As the 49th [...]

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Mackenzie Valley Oil Pipeline? Cook Inlet Gas For Fairbanks?

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 9th, 2015|Commentary, Energy East Pipeline, Federal Coordinator, Federal Obstruction, Keystone XL, LNG, Mackenzie Valley Oil & Gas Pipelines, You Read It Here First|

Watch live hearing  today @ 1 p.m. ADT re: HB 105, AIDEA BONDS; PROGRAMS; LOANS; Fairbanks LNG PROJECT (Note increased C.I. reserve estimates) ... Friday, Gas Pipeline Federal Coordinator's Office Closed; Larry Persily (NGP Photo) now Kenai Borough Gas Pipeline Coordinator ... AJOC, Midwest Utility Coming North To Alaska? Alberta Oil Magazine by Richelle Wiseman.  (Mackenzie Valley Oil Pipeline?  See our earlier stories.  Photo, Invuik Church, Circa. 2002) It took nearly 40 years, one national inquiry and thousands of hours of negotiations, but in 2011 the National Energy Board finally approved the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline. [...]

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3-8-15 Walker’s Wall Of Gasline Opposition

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 8th, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|

ADN by Paul Jenkins.  "Walker's Wrong Way Pipeline...."  For useful references, see: 3-4-15, Legislators Push Back; 3-2-15, Walker and Legislature Tangle; 2-28-15 Walker Op-Ed; 2-28-15, Jenkins Op-ed re: Crazy as a loon/fox. Gov. Bill Walker now finds himself at loggerheads with lawmakers correctly cranky about his grandiose expansion plans for the $10 billion Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline. His idea is to have ASAP compete with the $65 billion Alaska LNG Project, even though that could ball up the state’s business relationship with producers, who have spent hundreds of millions getting this far, [...]

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3-6-15 Oil Investors Continue To Face Federal and State Obstacles

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 6th, 2015|Arctic Policy, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, OCS|

Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner.  Just as things seemed to be going reasonably well for the large Alaska LNG Project, the $45 billion to $65 billion gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas initiative in which the state is a partner, Gov. Bill Walker may be throwing a wrench into the works.  More.... Houston Chronicle by Jennifer Dlouhy.  The Obama administration will decide soon whether to sign off on Shell's request for extra time to hunt for oil in Arctic waters, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Wednesday. Without action, [...]

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3-5-15 View Live Senate Arctic Hearing Now!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:33-09:00March 5th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary|

TODAY AT 10 AM EASTERN, The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing to evaluate opportunities for the United States to build on its status as an ​Arctic nation for the betterment of the nation and those who live in the Arctic. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski ​(NGP Photo-Upper L) chairs the hearing.  The hearing features North Slope Borough Mayor Charlotte Brower (NGP Photo-L.  Said federal Arctic policy works against Alaska's and America's future and is like painting a mailbox while the house burns down...."); and Alaska State Senator Lesil McGuire (NGP Photo); [...]

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3-4-15 If you could tour the AK-LNG gas pipeline route!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00March 4th, 2015|LNG|

If you could tour the pipeline route (See AK-LNG): by Bill White, Office of the Alaska Gas Pipeline Federal Coordinator. If you could tour the pipeline route Send by email By:   Bill White Researcher/Writer, Office of the Federal Coordinator bwhite@arcticgas.gov Release Date:   March 4, 2015 Alaska LNG project sponsors often remind people it's really three projects — a gas treatment plant on the North Slope, a long pipeline bisecting the state and a liquefaction plant at coastal Nikiski. Each would cost billions of dollars, and need tons of steel, thousands of workers and [...]

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3-3-15 Yesterday’s Alaska Rally For “OCS Yes”

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00March 3rd, 2015|Arctic Policy, OCS|

OCS YES! Consumer Energy Alliance Rally, 3-2-15. This video documents yesterday's rally and news conference, held in conjunction with a Federal Government OCS lease sale hearing at the Dena’ina Center in downtown Anchorage. Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska Executive Director Anne Seneca organized the program and introduced speakers supporting a responsible, OCS five-year leasing program.   Approximately 100 "OCS Yes" supporters filled a room in the convention center before attending the formal BOEM event afterward in an adjacent room.  For more details, see yesterday's notice.   Following is a listing of speakers included in the video: David Holt, president of Consumer Energy Alliance. [...]

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3-2-15 Here’s Your Invitation To BOEM Day In Anchorage – What Do You Call It When Enviros Give Aid & Comfort To Anti-US/Canadian Energy Attacks?

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00March 2nd, 2015|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Foreign/Domestic Enviro Conspiracy, Fracking, OCS|

CEA invitation to attend TODAY'S Pre-BOEM hearing press conference and reception: _____________ Wall Street Journal Video: Western NY cities trying to secede from anti-fracking state to join Pennsylvania where fracking produces wealth and jobs.  Also ... Russia flowing money through anti-fracking groups to stall US fracking projects (Note that some of the groups named in these various reports are TransCanada, Keystone XL opponents).   Does Russian and middle eastern money laundered via US environmental activist groups to oppose US Energy Independence = Foreign Aggression + US Enviro Disloyalty = Foreign/Domestic Enviro Conspiracy?    Could this be a conspiracy [...]

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3-1-15 Governor Bill Walker Wanted To Kill the ASAP Project Before He Wanted to Strengthen And ‘Own’ It. -dh

By |2016-03-13T03:51:12-09:00March 1st, 2015|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|

In Today's ADN, Paul Jenkins opines that:  ... "With a pen stroke, Walker switched the board’s focus from pipeline to politics, with a different outlook and differing goals and needs. "Now, Walker wants to beef up ASAP, the Legislature’s baby, and have it compete with the larger project. ASAP started life in 2010 as a small-diameter, in-state backup to the producer's gigantic Alaska LNG Project to move gas from the North Slope to Nikiski. "ASAP was bumped up to a 36-inch diameter line, but Walker considered it uneconomical -- even [...]

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2-28-15 Alaskanomics: All About Oil Prices

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 28th, 2015|Alaskanomics|

Understanding the Current Oil Price Environment- lPart III See Part II and Part I Posted: 27 Feb 2015 04:14 PM PST By Mark Edwards (NGP Photo) To wrap up our look at the current oil price environment, I show the reasons for optimism and reasons I believe that prices will not go much lower and will rise in the coming year. Reasons for optimism that Alaska can withstand the current price shock: Deficit spending from savings, coupled with measured, incremental cuts to the state budget should be the fiscal solution that helps Alaska [...]

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2-27-15 Understanding Oil Prices

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 27th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy|

See Consumer Energy Alliance's Friday Energy News Links, here. ALERT - ALERT: Anchorage readers should PLEASE attend Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) meeting on Monday.  We hope that the Governor's Office and Legislators are represented--since the subject pertains to keeping the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) viable AND assuring the sustainability of South Central Alaska gas supplies!   Details here.  As Russia moves to cut Ukrainian gas supply, we wonder why the U.S. does not come smartly to the rescue with energy and weapons supplies!  -dh We urge our gentle [...]

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2-26-15 Please Review Yesterday’s Commentary

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 26th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|

What's next for Keystone XL? We urge our gentle readers to review yesterday's posting; we cannot remember -- in well over a decade -- posting a more useful, relevant and actionable commentary for our Alaskan, Canadian and Lower 48 readers.  -dh Alaskanomics by Mark Edwards.   Understanding the Current Oil Price Environment - Part I  (See later Parts II and III) Over the next couple of days, I will post a three part series about the current oil price environment in Alaska. It is well known that Alaska’s economy is highly [...]

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2-25-15 We Are Optimistic That Good Intent Will Win The Day Over Daunting Challenges!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:34-09:00February 25th, 2015|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|

We Are Optimistic That Good Intent Will Win The Day Over Daunting Challenges! A tale of two pipelines and two chief executives: President Barack Obama and Governor Bill Walker by Dave Harbour  (Note: By Friday more links, references and other minor modifications will be added for archive purposes.) We must be optimistic!  After all, who wants to even contemplate the bankruptcy of Alaska or the destruction of America's way of life? So in our Churchillian way, we will never, never, never, give in to pessimism and will fight to the [...]

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