Petroleum News. Officials from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard have met in Juneau to discuss Arctic oil spill preparedness and the coordination of oil spill incident management strategies, BSEE said June 24. BSEE Alaska Region Director Mark Fesmire and Rear Adm. Dan Abel,....
Petroleum News. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a letter of authorization, allowing the minor, unintended disturbance of walrus and polar bears during Shell’s planned exploration drilling in the Chukchi Sea this year. Shell has been moving its drilling fleet north in preparation for its drilling progr....
Tomorrow.... Commentator Thorpe Watson advises us to get ready for a medieval lifestyle. This morning he emails us that: The G7 countries have declared war on hydrocarbon fuels (aka “fossil fuels”). They have pledged to end the production and use of coal, oil, and gas by 2100. (The Telegraph 9 June 2015 “G7 pledges to end fossil fuel use this century”). In other words, it is a pledge to commit economic suicide and to make us more vulnerable to natural climate change. It is a bleak [...]
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A new competitor for the Alaska oil patch: A Bakken-sized NWT shale play? More.... The Hill's Energy Links NOTE: NEXT WEEK, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will have an Oversight Hearing on Arctic Resources and American Competitiveness. Our readers may watch, live. Here's more.... -dh U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), today advanced her efforts to end the current prohibition on most U.S. crude oil exports in a report entitled “Rendering Vital Assistance: Allowing Oil Shipments to U.S. Allies.” More.... BP in Alaska is a biannual [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Committee on Natural Resources has scheduled a markup beginning on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 4:00 PM in 1324 Longworth House Office Building. The Committee will consider the following bill, among others: H.R. 2295 (Rep. Thomas MacArthur), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to identify and designate National Energy Security Corridors for the construction of natural gas pipelines on Federal land, and for other purposes. “National Energy Security Corridors Act” TODAY'S RELEVANT ENERGY CLIPS FROM CONSUMER ENERGY ALLIANCE: KZOR FM 94.1 – Hobbs, New Mexico: Media Interview. This week [...]
TODAY: “The Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of a new rule that will dramatically increase the agency’s power, and will devastate Americans’ ability to use their own property and their own water." Pedro van Meurs Mexico Meeting This Summer National Energy Board Staffing AP/ADN by Dan Joling (NGP Photo). Ten environmental groups Tuesday sued a federal agency over its approval of a plan by Royal Dutch Shell PLC for exploratory petroleum drilling off Alaska's northwest coast. Comment on Arctic exploration. We have the highest regard for Shell, its employees and its [...]
Comment: We remind our Canadian and U.S. readers that with so much North American oil and gas existing and potential production and with so many more LNG export projects than the market can accommodate, any major news such as the Alaska LNG export approval today affects investors, jobs, treasuries and economies in both countries. -dh BREAKING NEWS TODAY! U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today cheered the Department of Energy’s approval of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export license for Alaska’s massive North Slope natural gas resources. READ ENTIRE STATEMENT HERE.... Our [...]
Today's News and Commentary In Memoriam Point of personal privilege: Our great friend, Chuck Becker, passed away this morning (Photos). Today, family and countless friends are mourning his passing. We will attempt to provide more official information as the family makes it available. Chuck and I met in the mid-1970s in Washington D.C. Another dear friend, the late Anchorage Mayor George Sullivan was his client and I was representing the first North Slope gas project, the Arctic Gas Consortium, with Washington and Anchorage offices. After Chuck had moved to Anchorage and completed his [...]
Commentary: Earlier this week we gave credit to the useful idiots of the country by respecting their devotion as true believers in however climate change is defined today. We also pointed out that one of the world's most respected climate change leaders admitted that her work was not so much about the environment as about destroying capitalism. The story below describes the thought process, or lack thereof, of a graduate student from Olympia who drove to Seattle to protest the world's reliance on oil. And he brought others with him. [...]
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., this week each introduced separate proposals to increase energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and increase revenue sharing with states that support offshore energy production activities. These targeted bills reflect the priorities of their sponsors. Murkowski’s bill would focus on Alaska’s OCS while Cassidy’s bill would focus on Gulf Coast States and Scott’s bill would focus on the Atlantic OCS. The proposals are: · S. 1278 (Murkowski), the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act · S. 1276 (Cassidy), the [...]
Scroll Down For: "Useful Idiots" Commentary Published this morning: our MASTER RESOURCE Op-ed: "Seattle Hearing on Shell's Arctic Rig Docking: A Clash of Visions" UN Climate Change Chief, Christiana Figueres: Against Capitalism and Against Shell's Arctic Exploration See earlier reports this week on Seattle's port hearing regarding the Staging of Shell's summer exploration in the Arctic KILLING CAPITALISM: UN Climate Change Chief Investors Business Daily. At a news conference last week in Brussels, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.'s Framework Convention on Climate Change, admitted that the goal of environmental activists is not [...]
Senator Lisa Murkowski pushes to end oil export ban Yesterday's Port of Seattle Testimony: News, our commentary below... ..and more: Denny Westneat's Seattle Times Commentary, West Seattle Blog, AP Story by Gene Johnson, and Video Commentary. We watched a "clash of energy philosophies" at yesterday's hearing online. We drew three main conclusions: 1. Alaska witnesses. Many testified. All but one (i.e. a Mat-su area environmentalist who criticized Alaska's position on natural resource development) represented themselves professionally, presenting actual facts and history relating to the century-old relationship between Seattle and Alaska. They also carefully briefed the [...]
In part, the Seattle City Council's Resolution 31576 states, "WHEREAS, broad community support for the policies and investments needed to sustain and improve the Port as a working waterfront with a significant number of family-supporting jobs is vital to the future of the Port and Seattle’s employment base, and that support would be undermined by use of the Port to stage Arctic drilling operations. We suppose that the next step will be for the Mayor to demand that the Port Commission order the Airport to not permit cargo flights that [...]
ALERT-ALERT-ALERT-ALERT-ALERT-ALERT-ALERT The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today approved Shell's revised multi-year Exploration Plan (EP) for the Chukchi Sea--with significant conditions. Find complete information here. Our Weekend Shell Links Our Friday Shell Report: "Danger Stranger" Comment: If Seattle's mayor succeeds in influencing local, independent decision making of the Port of Seattle, we have commented that unanticipated reactions could occur. Tomorrow, the Port of Seattle commissioners will hear testimony on their provision of dock space for support of Shell Oil's summer exploration program in Alaska's Arctic. (Here is the comment we [...]
Will the Seattle Port Authority’s Independence Survive Mayor Murray’s Political Influence? By Dave Harbour On Tuesday and Wednesday we commented on an unbelievable act of the mayor of Seattle, Ed Murray, causing us to think, "Danger Stranger". In other news today: WSJ: Could climate change politics strand energy reserves? (Today's news points in that direction. -dh) Seattle Times Editorial: Murray insists that he’s a strong supporter of the port and maritime industry. But if the city’s move blocks Shell and scuttles the port’s lease with Shell’s partner Foss Maritime, it could permanently tarnish the [...]
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