12-12-14 Another Northwest Passage: An Arctic Gateway Project? *** White House Overreach Continues

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 12th, 2014|Arctic Policy, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas|

Consider liking us for more regular alerts on our NGP Facebook Page.  Follow us on Twitter.  -dh Petroleum News by Gary Park.  Arctic Gateway, a sweeping initiative to explore ways to move oil and natural gas from Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Alaska to markets in the Asia-Pacific region, will likely be an underpinning of a standalone energy strategy being drafted in the NWT, said Industry Minister Dave Ramsay (NGP Photo). (See our earlier report, "Another Northwest Passage May Be Viable.  -dh) Scroll Down For Yesterday's Reports On White House [...]

12-11-14 Obama Is SUCCEEDING In His War On Conventional, Reliable Energy Sources

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 11th, 2014|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|

"Obama's Successful War on Conventional Energy Sources" Investors Business Daily Editorial WSJ Op-Ed by Congressman Kevin Cramer.   Pushback against the Obama administration’s complex Clean Power Plan—which would reduce carbon emissions from power plants by 30% in 2030 from 2005 levels—has mostly focused on its staggering cost. NERA Economic Consulting, for instance, estimates the plan will increase the nationwide average price of electricity 12% to 17% over 15 years. But a pair of recent reports present an even more ominous picture. Not only will electricity cost more, Americans might not [...]

12-10-14 US Alienates Canada For No Good Reason

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 10th, 2014|Uncategorized|

Alaska’s Oil Reserves Decline for Third Straight Year; Gas Reserves Down Sharply US Alienates Canada For No Good Reason! Posted: 09 Dec 2014 01:08 PM PST By Blythe Campbell On December 4, The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its annual report on U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves for 2013. “Proved reserves” are estimates based on existing economic and operating conditions. U.S. proved reserves of crude oil increased for the 5th year in a row, to 36.5 billion barrels, with 5.5 billion barrels of new discoveries exceeding adjustments and production of [...]

12-9-14

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 9th, 2014|Interstate Gas, LNG|

  Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Houston-based EOG Resources, Inc. has sold most of its Canadian assets and is closing its Calgary headquarters at the cost of more than 150 employee and contractor jobs, multiple sources say. CBC.  Several groups in Manitoba voiced opposition Monday to TransCanada'sproposed Energy East pipeline, which would transport crude through the province en route to eastern Canada.  TransCanada executives were in Winnipeg for an information session with 20 Manitoba First Nations delegates. From Office of the Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project: Today's relevant energy links: Petronas [...]

12-8-14 Commentary: What Do Ecuador And Alaska Have In Common Besides Incredible Beauty?

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 8th, 2014|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas|

What U.S. state is as hooked on oil revenues as Venezuela, Iran, or Russia? Commentary: What Do Ecuador (Left) and Alaska Have In Common Besides Incredible Beauty? API's Gerard urges Obama to approve Keystone XL pipeline The transition for new Gov. Bill Walker is ... unknown to most Alaskans, and what skills he brings in grappling with serious problems we face is equally unknown.  Reader Steve Borell writes: "The video clips at the site below (and above) document the lies and fabrications of a group that attacked Chevron/Texaco in Ecuador. The [...]

12-7-14 Pearl Harbor Day

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 8th, 2014|Uncategorized|

Juneau Empire.   New Gov. Bill Walker took office Monday and ordered immediate changes in top echelons of state government, including bringing back several members of former Gov. Sarah Palin’s oil and gas team.  They include Marty Rutherford (NGP Photo), one of the architects of Palin’s failed Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, or AGIA, as acting Department of Natural Resources commissioner. She’ll eventually become the permanent deputy commissioner, a position Rutherford held under Palin.     TheChronicleHerald.ca (registration) MEEK: Pipeline paralysis, vacuum of environmental leadership TheChronicleHerald.ca (registration) Alberta Premier Jim Prentice does have a vision [...]

12-6-14

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 6th, 2014|Interstate Gas|

    Calgary Herald Gov. Chris Christie says Keystone pipeline scrutiny has "gone way overboard" Calgary Herald James Wood, Calgary Herald More from James Wood, Calgary Herald ... In a joint news conference in Calgary with Premier Jim Prentice, Christie said the ... s $8-billion proposed pipeline — intended to link Alberta's oilsands to ... Are we still the preferred supplier of oil and natural gas to this marketplace ...  

12-5-14 Governor Christy Meets Premier Prentice in Calgary

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 5th, 2014|Interstate Gas|

Alaska Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo).  Even as the state administration changes in Juneau, work is continuing on the state’s backup “Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline,” or ASAP, a plan for a 36-inch natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska. Last Night: We addressed the Institute for Supply Management (Alaska Affiliate) with this sober message.... New: Petroleum News Bakken - Petroleum News Alaska Canadian Press/CBC News.  A high-profile U.S. politician visited Calgary today to talk about energy and pipelines. Jim Prentice says 'nation-building' pipelines crucial to Canada's [...]

12-4-14 Progress For Canada’s Energy East Pipeline – Costliest Regulation In U.S. History!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 4th, 2014|Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas|

Stop The Costliest regulation In America's History: HAPPENING NOW!   Here is CEA's position.  -dh "Energy East Pipeline is Good For All of Canada."  Editorial Board, Calgary Herald CBC News.  Ontario's concerns about the proposed Energy East pipeline narrowed considerably following a meeting today between Premiers Kathleen Wynne and Jim Prentice of Alberta. Energy East, Alberta's Jim Prentice goes pipeline wooing Energy East pipeline 'advocates' targeted by TransCanada PR Saskatchewan premier concerned about Ontario, Quebec position on Energy East Ontario and Quebec set out seven principles for the $12-billion pipeline project, which [...]

12-3-14 Alaska’s New Governor Takes Charge

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 3rd, 2014|Uncategorized|

Our Comment: Yesterday, we reported on Monday night's federal hearing on Alaska OCS lease sale 193.  It is a classic example of death by a thousand cuts, delay and attempted defeat of a national interest energy project that would benefit Alaska and the nation.  The extreme environmental lobbies that raise funds based on the latest 'crisis' are also at work in Canada.  In this CBC report, "Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has a theory why Canada's pipeline projects are becoming something of an endangered species. ... 'No pipelines are being built, no [...]

12-2-14 Kendall’s Successful Lease Sale 193 Hearing – Prentice Persevers – Governor Walker Is “Pro Oil”

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 2nd, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|

CBC.  Jim Prentice says 'nation-building' pipelines crucial to Canada's future  ***  Waterloo Record.  'We can do business:' Prentice to discuss Energy East with Ontario and Quebec E&E Publishing by Kriz Hobson.  In late November, incoming Alaska Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) gave a short speech to a packed resource industry meeting filled with some of his most hard-line critics. Walker, who won the Alaska governor's race by a scant 6,000 votes and takes office today, assured the group that he'll fight for increased oil and gas extraction in the state. "You can't be anything but pro-oil development in this state to [...]

12-1-14 Call To Action Tonight In Anchorage!

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00December 1st, 2014|Arctic Policy, Coastal Management, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal|

Call To Action: TONIGHT IN ANCHORAGE! Send us your comments to be preserved in our searchable archives! Our friend, Carl Portman (NGP Photo), of the Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) reminds us that tonight the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be holding a public hearing at 7 p.m. on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193. The hearing will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel, 109 W. International Airport Road.  Members and supporters of the Consumer Energy Alliance, RDC and the [...]

11-30-14

By |2016-12-22T22:28:49-09:00November 30th, 2014|Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|

    Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman What's next for Sean Parnell? Juneau Empire (subscription) Sean Parnell welcomed his first grandchild into the world. ... Another is making sure that the (liquefied natural) gas pipeline project stays on track.  

11-29-14

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 30th, 2014|Uncategorized|

News Miner.  Bill Walker (NGP Photo) is coming into the governor's office faced with high expectations for a renewed spirt of bipartisanship in Alaska politics and the grim reality of plunging oil prices and gaping budget holes.     Calgary Herald Canada still in LNG game, Calgary Herald.  More from Brian Burton, for the Calgary ... I was working in-house for the international arm of TransCanada Pipelines, ... Qatar was embarking on a massive expansion of its gas projects and ... years of living in Doha, it was time to move my family back [...]

11-28-14

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 28th, 2014|Uncategorized|

See Petroleum News' New Issue Today, Including This Story:    Oil industry employment hits records - 11/30/2014  Employment in the Alaska oil industry looks set to hit a record level again this year, Neal Fried, an economist with the Alaska Department of Labor, told the Resource Development Council's annual conference on Nov. 19. Apart from 2010, each year since 2007 has marked a new record for employment leve.... From Canada:   CBC.ca Oil price decline could lead to global shocks: Don Pittis CBC.ca.  Talk of a gas pipeline faded. I have no evidence to [...]

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