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1-12-15 KEYSTONE GAINS SUPPORT (SCROLL DOWN FOR SATURDAY’S PRENTICE STORY)
Responding To The Oil Price 'Crisis' Commentary: While consumers rejoice, low oil prices cause "crises" to those governments and economies that are highly dependent on a high price for the volatile oil & gas commodities they produce. It may be instructive for decision makers in Alaska and Alberta, for example, to observe -- as they develop their own creative solutions -- ideas from abroad. Here is what the Ecuador’s Vice President Jorge Glas said yesterday in a Radio announcement about that country's dependence on falling oil prices (See our earlier story [...]
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1-11-15 Governor Orders Public Disclosure For Sensitive\Confidential Industry Interactions
Houston Chronicle. The board of the state corporation expected to be a key player in efforts to advance a major liquefied natural gas project in Alaska is trying to determine how it can operate if members do not sign confidentiality agreements. ... Dan Fauske (NGP Photo), president of the gas-line corporation, also known as AGDC, said a confidentiality pledge is needed because information is shared between the two gas-line projects being pursued by AGDC — the liquefied natural gas project and a stand-alone in-state gas pipeline — to reduce costs. [...]
1-10-14 Premier Jim Prentice Keeps Keystone XL At Top Of Agenda
Calgary Sun. Statement from Premier Jim Prentice (NGP Photo) on the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling Premier Jim Prentice issued the following statement after the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a state law granting the governor the authority to approve the Keystone XL route through the state: “Today’s ruling in Nebraska clears the path for approving the Keystone XL pipeline. “This ruling clarifies the regulatory process in Nebraska allowing the State Department to proceed with the Presidential Permit for the cross-border portion of the pipeline based on its own findings. The facts support [...]
1-9-15 Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built?
Today is the Alliance's Meet Alaska Conference in Anchorage Will The Keystone XL Ever Be Built? (See Senator Murkowski's Release Today) by James R. Halloran, Independent Energy Analyst Most of the readers know we deal with trends, not forecasts. We have only made three forecasts that involved “a rate and a date” in fifteen years; our record is 2-1, and would be perfect if natural gas had moved $0.10 higher in 2013. However, we have gone out on a bit of a limb with two forecasts recently. The first one is well known:The [...]
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1-8-15 Our Favorite Energy Guru Discusses The Future Of Oil & Gas Prices
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, (NGP Photo), today conducted a business meeting to markup an original bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline -- reported favorably by the committee on June 18, 2014. Watch the action here.... See related, CEA "Call To Action" here.... -dh Below is a note that our friend, reader and Independent Energy Analyst, James Halloran provided. This viewpoint, from one of our favorite oil and gas experts, should be read and fully absorbed by every elected official in Alaska -- whose state operating budget is over 90% [...]
11-7-14 Alaska Governor Acts On Gasline And Legislators React – President Makes Preemptive Attack On Keystone XL Gallery11-7-14 Alaska Governor Acts On Gasline And Legislators React – President Makes Preemptive Attack On Keystone XL
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11-7-14 Alaska Governor Acts On Gasline And Legislators React – President Makes Preemptive Attack On Keystone XL
See Our Earlier Commentary: "Is Alaska Beginning A New Year Of Accomplishment or Acrimony?" (Other references) ADN by Dermot Cole. Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo) took a major step toward revising the way the state is dealing with a proposed gas pipeline by removing three members of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board and instructing two commissioners not to sign a secrecy pledge proposed by the Parnell administration. (Comment: We do not know enough about all the circumstances to comment on the rightness or wrongness of the Governor's action or legislative reactions. We do [...]
1-6-14 BP Is Major Alaskan Investor and America’s Largest Energy Investor
We have a new report this morning that: "BP contributes $143 billion to the U.S. economy and supports nearly 220,000 jobs". In that report, BP America's Chairman and President John Mingé (NGP Photo) writes of Alaska that, " We are spending heavily to continue developing the giant Prudhoe Bay field after selling interests in four other Alaska fields. We also are working to advance the Alaska LNG project, which will help transport North Slope gas to global markets. Alaska voters supported these efforts by keeping in place a historic tax reform measure [...]
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ADN by Dermot Cole. The Alaska Legislature unanimously approved a resolution last April calling upon the Parnell administration to ask the federal government to reduce the "quality bank" payments made by Alaska refineries by Jan. 1, though there was never any strategy, timetable or realistic hope of achieving the goal.
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Subscribe to Petroleum News: The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has approved increased shipping rates for the Endicott and Northstar pipelines and a decreased rate for the Milne Point Pipeline. Through a subsidiary, Hilcorp Alaska LLC operates all three pipelines. Under the new rates, the cost to use the Endicott pipeline bet....
1-3-14 Will We Make Our Children Proud?
In response to our commentary yesterday (scroll down), we are pleased to provide a related Facebook discussion below from Brad Keithley's (NGP Photo) page, Alaskans For A Sustainable Budget: Greg L Kisor Best article on the subject I've read. 22 hrs · Unlike · 1 Steve Pratt Good piece. My own analysis a few years ago indicated the PERS liability to be about $5 Bill. more than the $10B. In any case, it is going to be interesting. 22 hrs · Like Andy Holleman Dave, I find one part confusing....you say " The piece quotes some who contend [...]
1-2-15 Is Alaska Beginning A New Year Of Acrimony–Or Accomplishment?
Today, we ponder Alaska's 2015 challenges below -- including less capability to fund energy projects. We also sympathize with our Canadian friends. The Calgary Herald's Deborah Yedling said of TransCanada's Russ Gurling that, "three fronts consume Girling’s time and energy — the Energy East file, an activist shareholder and, of course, the Keystone project." Is Alaska beginning a new year of acrimony or accomplishment? Yesterday's Alaska Dispatch piece by Dermot Cole pretty well summarizes the difficult budget issues and political pressures faced by North America's most economically dependent oil & gas producing state. by Dave Harbour [...]
1-1-15 The New Year Begins!
Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo-L). Gov. Bill Walker (NGP Photo, above) and his new administration are still settling in as state legislators are packing up to head to Juneau for the 2015 session. The annual political poker game begins Jan. 20 when the state Legislature convenes. Walker will be at the table. So will House Speaker Mike Chenault (NGP Photo-Far R); Senate President Kevin Meyer (NGP Photo-R); House Democratic Minority Leader Chris Tuck (NGP Photo-R); and Senate Democratic Minority Leader Berta Gardner (NGP Photo). Alaska Dispatch/AP by James MacPherson. Forget South Dakota. North Dakota's most similar sister [...]
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12-31-14 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, BUT NOT TOO HAPPY! (PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE: WHY SOME OF OUR GENTLE READERS HAVE CHOSEN ABSTINENCE OVER 'FUN') New Year's Eve Energy Links Courtesy of Consumer Energy Alliance Calgary Herald by Lorraine Hjalte. Beyond pipeline politics and plunging oil prices that dominated Calgary business news in 2014, our annual quiz tests your recollection of other notable events from the past year. Take our quiz here! 2014 Energy Review! Globe & Mail. Energy is serious business, and in 2014 ... serious stories. ... shortest booms on record, [...]