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. [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:40:49-09:00January 11th, 2015|AGDC|0 Comments
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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 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:38-09:00January 7th, 2015|AGDC, Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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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 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:39-09:00January 1st, 2015|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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12-28-14 Walker Takes Year-End Steps To Cut Spending

Walker orders new spending on Alaska megaprojects stopped.  Alaska Dispatch.  Following Governor Bill Walker's (NGP Photo) order, the state agency responsible for the smaller pipeline, the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., plans to only continue work ...     Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman Walker halts bridge and dam spending.  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman ... Road, the Kodiak Launch Complex, and the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Project — are also ... Notably absent from the list is the larger of the state's two natural gas pipeline projects, which would bring gas from the North Slope to ... Gov. Walker halts megaprojects - Juneau Empire (subscription)  

By |2016-12-22T22:28:47-09:00December 28th, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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12-22-14 Alaska Gas Project In Doubt – White House Still Stalls Keystone XL – Premier Creates Confusing Fracking Obstacle

Petroleum News by Alan Bailey (NGP Photo).  New Fracking Obstacle: What the heck is a "Social License?" CBC News by Jacques Poitras. Premier Brian Gallant says gaining social license will be one of the five conditions hydraulic fracturing will have to meet if his government is to lift its moratorium on the technique. Steve Moran, the chief executive officer of Corridor Resources, says it’s a frustratingly vague concept that he doesn’t know how to achieve. "Even the premier when he was asked didn't really have an answer in terms of what that [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:48-09:00December 22nd, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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11/27/14 Canadian and American Leaders Make Pipelines A Political Issue

Alaska Dispatch by Alex DeMarban.  Gov.-elect Bill Walker (NGP Photo) on Monday began the thorny task of meeting with officials from the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., an entity he targeted during his campaign as ripe for cuts, with its high salaries and the state's dueling gas pipeline projects. Commentary.  We have long respected the objective reporting and wise commentary that the Calgary Herald provides its fortunate readers.  Today, Editorial Board writer, David Marsden , provides a concise, common sense, pipeline perspective.  In it, he reveals the harmful and illogical pipeline agendas embraced by [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:50-09:00November 27th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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10-30-14 NPR-A Comment Period Over Today; PLEASE COMMENT

NGP Reader Comment Here: Bob Hoffman;  Reed Christensen; Brian Benson, et. al.  (Read our commentary: "Has Commentary Gone Crazy?" Comment: While our loyal readers are suspect about Federal Comment Periods -- with good reason -- we cannot afford to let any record of comment be overbalanced with armies of environmental activists.  NGP Readers everywhere: Please Comment Before Today's Deadline On National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska Permit Application.  Full background here. Please pay special attention to this statement on the issue by U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) as you're not likely to read about [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:52-09:00October 30th, 2014|AGDC, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Reader Comment, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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10-29-14 Stick With Both Pipeline Projects For The Time Being

  ADN by Dermot Cole.  Gov. Sean Parnell argues that the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline is a priceless insurance policy against the possibility that the oil companies will decide by 2019 that they do not want to build a larger pipeline. Challenger Bill Walker counters that it is a pricey plan that would ensure energy costs in Anchorage would go up. He wants to stop spending money on ASAP as soon as possible. Parnell said the two gas lines should be pursued for the same reason that the proposed Susitna-Watana dam should remain in [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:52-09:00October 29th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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10-24-14 White House “Conspires” With Enviro Activists

White House "Conspires" With Enviro Activists (i.e. as if we didn't know.  And, here's a playful, yet serious, video example.  -dh) Peninsula Clarion OpEd by Mike Chenault (NGP Photo) .  I’ve been involved in state politics for 14 years, and I have to say, the progress the Legislature and Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) have made together in the last 2 years is a real highlight.   We’re farther than ever getting a big gasline built. I’ve never seen all the necessary parties aligned like they are today. They’re spending money, committing [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:53-09:00October 24th, 2014|AGDC, AGIA, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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9-24-14

  Calgary Herald Midstream startup building first gas plant Calgary Herald, By Dan Healing, ... to remove condensate from its liquids-rich gas so it qualifies for transport in a dry gas pipeline.       CBC.ca TransCanada work on St. Lawrence port suspended by Quebec court order CBC.ca, The TransCanada Energy East pipeline project includes converting an existing naturalgas pipeline to an oil transportation pipeline. This project is ... Petroleum News by Kristen Nelson.   Three projects are under way to deliver North Slope natural gas to Alaskans - and on three different scales and timelines. Personal note: [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:28:56-09:00September 24th, 2014|AGDC, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, Personal|0 Comments
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9-13-14

AGDC Chair to speak at Chamber Luncheon ~ Sep 18, Delta News Web, John Burns, Chairman of the Board of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) will be the guest speaker at the September Chamber of ...

By |2016-03-13T03:55:25-09:00September 14th, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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Alaska Gas Project Moves Foreward

Journal of Commerce by Tim Bradner.  Step by step, the Alaska LNG Project is moving forward. The project made a big advance Sept. 5 with its application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to begin a pre-filing process for the project.  Earlier this summer an application was submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy for a license to export liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Pre-Front End Engineering and Design work, or pre-FEED, which will cost about half a billion dollars, also got underway this summer.

By |2016-03-13T03:57:24-09:00September 13th, 2014|AGDC, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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8-7-14 NIMBY and “palpable tensions” among stakeholders

A Fairbanks columnist (i.e. below) admits a conflict of interest -- then opposes a pipeline gravel site possibly needed for a gas pipeline that could lower Fairbanks consumer energy costs.   It is a classic example of NIMBY, "Not In My Back Yard".  We do not suggest it is improper for a columnist to pen commentary.  Neither do we proclaim NIMBY to be a 'bad' thing.  We do suggest NIMBY is a reality upon which pipeline 'stakeholder relations' professionals must concentrate.   There is a palpable tension among various special interests: affected [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:24-09:00August 7th, 2014|AGDC, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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7-11-14 Native Leaders Support SB 21 – Is Enbridge Alaska’s Newest Pipeline Sweetheart?

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 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:18-09:00July 11th, 2014|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-8-14 Fairbanks is ‘gearing up’ for a ‘deluge of affordable, clean-burning natural gas’.

1350+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skeptic Arguments Against ACC/AGW Alarmism Fairbanks News Miner by Matt Buxton.  Utilities, state agencies and local leaders are gearing up for what they say will be a great deluge of affordable, clean-burning natural gas into the Fairbanks area.  Crews are busily installing service lines, utilities are boasting of grand plans for expansion, there are town halls on the subject and local politicians are patting themselves on the back.

By |2016-03-13T03:55:06-09:00July 8th, 2014|AGDC, Intrastate Gas|0 Comments
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