Fairbanks News Miner, by Matt Buxton. With less than three weeks before voters decide the fate of an oil tax system the industry has spent millions to defend, ExxonMobil invited a group of reporters to visit North Slope’s Point Thomson gas field. Reporters from the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and Anchorage-based media outlets took an ExxonMobil flight on Thursday to tour what is said to be one of the busiest places of development on the North Slope.
ADN OpEd by Jim Jansen (NGP Photo). Alaskans have a choice on August 19. We can retain a competitive tax structure, compete in the market for oil investment and have a vibrant long-term economic future, or we can continue to over-tax the petroleum industry, suck on the oil lollipop until it’s gone and let the future be damned. Dingman Would Sacrifice Short Term Cash Cow For Long Term, "Environment of Economic Stability" ADN Column by Mike Dingman (NGP Photo). After all of the talk of the past oil tax systems, the fluctuating price of oil, the world market, [...]
SB 21 Tax Reform Legislation Prompts ConocoPhillips - Doyon Alaska North Slope Project (Does oil tax reform improve chances for an Alaska North Slope LNG Project? Governor Sean Parnell thinks so.) Canada Also Finds That Oil Incentives Work: Calgary Herald by Dan Healing Rick Rogers Agrees: "No On One" ADN Op-Ed by Rick Rogers (NGP Photo). In reading Bill Walker’s (NGP Photo-below) recent column on why he would be voting yes in the August primary election referendum to repeal oil tax reform, it was hard to understand how he could [...]
Alaska Dispatch by Jonathan Katchen. Much of the discussion surrounding our oil taxes is driven by emotion and ideology instead of facts. Most Alaskans want a vibrant oil industry that generates good paying jobs, keeps the oil flowing for years to come and provides Alaskans with a fair share of revenue. Here’s why voting to repeal SB 21 will jeopardize these goals.
Did You Read It Here First? Last Night The Globe & Mail Posted News Involving A Relationship Between One of Canada's Greatest Pipeline Companies And The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. Globe & Mail by Shawn McCarthy. Enbridge Inc. is turning its eyes north to Alaska, entering talks with the state to build an $8-billion (U.S.) natural gas pipeline there if a competing project falters. The Calgary energy company and the state-owned Alaska Gas Development Corp. (AGDC) “are undertaking substantive and exclusive discussion” which would see Enbridge become the builder and [...]
Comment by Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), Senator Lisa Murkowski's Senate Energy Committee Staff We’ve known for some time that the majority of new oil and natural gas production in the United States was occurring on private and state lands. Fairbanks News Miner by Jim Dodson. Develop Alaska’s human resources. Increase its standard of living. Diversify its economy. Strengthen free competition in its private sector economy. Here at Fairbanks Economic Development, we are in favor of “Vote No on 1.” Our reasons are simple: we believe the description of “maximum benefit,” [...]
Resource Development Council for Alaska Report Below Publisher's Note: Our friend, Alaska Salmon Alliance Executive Director Arni Thomson (NGP Photo) provides us with this link to the Seattle Times: "North Dakota is booming, and its largest city has reinvented itself, attracting creative types and energetic entrepreneurs." Recently, we pointed out that Alaska had the lowest domestic product gain of any state, during 2013...in sharp contrast to other oil producing states that are moving ahead of Alaska, including North Dakota, Texas and even California. Our friend from Senator Lisa Murkowski's Energy Committee Staff, Robert Dillon (NGP Photo), today [...]
Calgary Herald by Stephen Ewart: Two pipelines, two countries: A waiting game without end Young Republicans Sponsor Open Meeting To Hear Experts Discuss Oil Tax Reform Report and Commentary (We remind our readers that since accuracy of our archives is of primary concern, we solicit factual additions/corrections and will quickly make necessary changes. -dh) by Dave Harbour Last night at Anchorage's Loussac Library, Young Republicans had assembled a VIP Panel to brief the general public on an oil tax reform issue scheduled for a vote on Alaska's upcoming primary election ballot [...]
Today, Congressman Doc Hastings (NGP Photo) said, "...the Obama Administration has threatened to impose ocean zoning to shut down our oceans, and today the President is making good on that threat." (We began updating readers on this threat of Executive Overreach years ago. Scroll down to 'Current Event #4' , on this page. Also see Washington Post News Alert which mentions involvement of White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, a leading player in the Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal. -dh) Globe & Mail by Peter Tertzakian. Rising instability may make $100-a-barrel oil seem [...]
Globe & Mail: The Harper government is set to announce a key decision on Enbridge Inc.’s politically charged Northern Gateway project.... (Shawn McCarthy) Leader-Post: "...high capital costs of building liquefied natural gas plants on British Columbia’s coast...." (Derrick Penner) ADN Commentary by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo): "...the 'GTL' option may be another way to commercialize stranded gas on the North Slope." Today's Consumer Energy Alliance News Links Brooks Range Plans Mustang Development Production Within Two Years by Dave Harbour Since accuracy of our archives has been our constant goal for over a decade, [...]
2:24 PM, ADT: You Read It Here First. From Julie Hasquet at BP comes this breaking news: "BP and AeroVironment are deploying an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS, BP Photo) technology at Prudhoe Bay, marking the first time (i.e. our emphasis added) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted permission for UAS routine commercial services over land in the United States. "The UAS technology has potential to improve safety, efficiency and the reliability of BP’s Alaska North Slope infrastructure and maintenance programs. "BP’s vendor, AeroVironment, is performing high-accuracy land surveying and [...]
Courtesy of Alaskanomics, we have the following Alaska North Slope project update: North Slope Project Update Posted: 13 May 2014 10:01 AM PDT There have been numerous announcements from the oil and gas industry regarding new projects since the passage of SB21, the More Alaska Production Act (Note in our report last week the support for this oil and gas reform act from the mining industry -dh). Announcements have come from the major producers, as well as smaller, independent companies. Information compiled by the Bradner Alaska Economic Report shows that [...]
“Let’s Hang In There Together” by Dave Harbour At the signing of the Declaration of Independence – in the face of political oppression -- founding father Benjamin Franklin urged his fellow countrymen to, “…all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” See last week's report and photos: Alaska Mining Day! Today, the enemy of freedom and economic stability – as we have demonstrated – is a dedicated enviro-industrial-governmental cabal perhaps more menacing than King George’s foot guards, fusiliers and lancers. Why is this so? Today's Wall Street Journal Joins [...]
You likely read it here first: Report Card For Legislators and Governor Released Today; Today...White House To Review oil export ban; REI gets $240k for Alaska LNG study; Pedro van Meurs (NPG Photo) seminar on World Fiscal Systems for Unconventional oil and gas, June 4-6; preliminary bid results, Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula oil and gas lease sale. ADN by Pat Forgey. Exxon Mobil Corp. and its partners in the Alaska natural gas export pipeline began work on its summer field season this week.... Exxon's Steve Butt (NGP Photo), now reassigned to the AKLNG [...]
Goldsmith Reviews Oil Tax Study: Institute of Social and Economic Research Report Courtesy of Katie Bender -Event Photos Below- Scott Goldsmith (NGP Photo) presented his interpretation of a recent ISER report on the More Alaska Production Act (SB21) to a packed house Thursday morning at the Resource Development Council’s (RDC) Breakfast meeting (Video link here). Goldsmith, introduced by RDC's Leonard Horst, (NGP Photo) outlined his presentation by covering four main points from his research. The so-called $2 billion “giveaway” this year under SB21 does not exist. Without enhanced production, future [...]
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