Green and Jackson: Pipeline approvals are a victory for those who care about the environment. Calgary Herald. Growing pipeline capacity is critical to helping unlock the full value of ... transporting oil and gas than the alternative mode of transportation — rail.
Trudeau clears path for Canada to approve Kinder Morgan pipeline. Calgary Herald The Liberal prime minister has also backed a hydro dam and natural gas ... s Keystone XL pipeline will be revived, giving Canada — home of the ... Bishop: Dakota Access Delays Jeopardize Future Infrastructure Investment and Development FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2016 Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced they will begin another round of discussions and analysis on the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) project with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, [...]
Let us listen critically and consider this: Which person will bring to the United States renewed prosperity, energy independence, more jobs, stronger national defense, defense of constitutional freedoms, etc. Scroll down for videos. -dh Edward Itta remembered for balancing two worlds. Former North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta died Sunday in Utqiaġvik, formerly known as Barrow. (Northern Gas Pipelines photo by Dave Harbour) CNN. ... In one of the more intense interactions Clinton has had on the trail, Copley -- growing emotional at times -- pressed Clinton [...]
Today: Alberta - Alaska - US Elections - An Illegal Alien Organizer -It's all related and we'll show why- -We hope you'll submit a thoughtful comment at the bottom of this page- Please review our commentary, column left. Then skim the email sent today by an illegal alien on SEIU letterhead, in the right column. The illegal immigration warriors are out of the closet and active. What about those supporting lawful immigration, logical policies and the rule of law: are we as willing to be heard? This whole complex [...]
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Alliance Story Coming.... Irving Oil chairman confident Energy East pipeline 'will happen' - Calgary Herald - Calgary misses the pipeline now,” he said. The 4,500-kilometre ... About two-thirds is already in place as a natural gas pipeline. Following Irving's ... Albertans give NDP carbon tax thumbs down in new poll - Calgary Herald - The tax, which is aimed at lowering Alberta's Canada-leading greenhouse gas emissions and helping to win support nationally for new pipeline ... From Ak-Headlamp: Down under up North. According to the Alaska Journal of Commerce, Australia-based 88 Energy Ltd. said in an Oct. 18 release that it has identified five [...]
BREAKING NEWS! ConocoPhillips Alaska today announced it has signed a contract with Doyon Drilling Inc. to build a new Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) Rig. The rig will initially target development of Fiord West, a field northwest of the main Alpine pad discovered in 1996. The ERD rig represents the third new-build drilling rig ConocoPhillips has contracted for since SB21 was passed in 2013. READ COMPLETE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE! Oil Glut? Here Comes Some More! Good for Alaska! BY CLIFFORD KRAUSS Oil finds in Texas and Alaska come at a [...]
For Alaska to SurThrive (Survive and Thrive), Alaska's Fiscal Policy Needs an Overhaul! BY JOE BEEDLE AND JOE SCHIERHORN Alaska Business Monthly Joe Schierhorn (L) and Joe Beedle, ABM Photo Brexit is an abbreviation for “British exit,” referring to the June 23, 2016, referendum whereby British citizens voted to exit the European Union. We would argue that Alaska’s exit or avoidance to deal with fiscal discipline amounts to Alaska’s exit from economic and fiscal reality, a dysfunctional end to prosperity, an “AK-IT” scenario. We need legislative action to [...]
We are delighted to note that one of Washington's most knowledgeable energy analysts is joining the office of House Speaker Paul Ryan. We think our Alaskan, Canadian and Lower 48 readers will be grateful that such an advisor will be in such a position to improve energy decision and policy making in Washington. -dh GOP Energy Veteran Kish To Ryan's Office: As Playbook readers found out this morning, Institute for Energy Research Senior Vice President Dan Kish is headed to Speaker Paul Ryan 's office as a new policy adviser for energy, environment, [...]
(See our mid-Atlantic energy analyst friend's Venezuela commentary next story below) With Competent Leadership Alaska's Future Could Still Be Prosperous by Dave Harbour Alaska brings in less than half the price for oil needed to have a current balanced budget. Up to 90% dependent on oil revenue, the state has worked itself into a $3-4 billion annual budget deficit. State leaders seeking the 'easy way out' are funding the deficit by taking money from the next generation. How? They are depleting savings accounts and passing on tax credit obligations to [...]
Wildrose blasts NDP over climate plan advertising, Calgary Herald ... per-capita greenhouse gas emissions in the fight against climate warming and to help the province win outside support for stalled pipeline projects ... NGP Readers: be aware that as the enviro-industrial-governmental cabal continues (i.e. via protests, confrontation, litigation, statute and regulation) to vilify and outlaw OCS activity, oil, pipelines, coal and nuclear energy projects, more reliance will fall on natural gas power generation. Now, the cabal is targeting nuclear but also natural gas. So when the inevitable market and political winds [...]
From Dan Kish at the Institute for Energy Research comes this comment (i.e. below left) on the federal government's consideration of its 2017-2022 5-year leasing plan. The IER analysis carefully addresses nationwide concerns about access to federal lands/waters for energy exploration and production. Since Alaska is such a huge component of federally managed OCS resources, IER correctly recognizes Alaska's potential: ...there has been far greater leasing in the Gulf of Mexico than the Alaska OCS and as a result the reserve estimates have nearly sextupled in the Gulf of Mexico while remaining [...]
ACTION ALERT Five-Year OCS Lease Sale Plan, deadline today! PLEASE RESPOND TODAY: HERE’S HOW Here's the pat on the back you'll receive when you submit your comment: "Your comment was submitted successfully!" Mining by Dean Pelkey. Canadians Stand In Support Of Pipeline/LNG Project! Platts. Alaska and North Slope producers are discussing possible new ownership structures for the large Alaska LNG project.... We always value the wisdom and information transmitted by our Ak-Headlamp friends and today is another illustration of why this is so: Alex Epstein, a recent speaker at [...]
Keith Meyer, President, Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Alaska must not be facing a 'fiscal crisis' after all. With HH gas less than $3 and some renegotiated Asian LNG gas deals in the $5 range and Alaska LNG sold in Asia needing 100-150% higher landed prices than that, here is the latest headline from the Alaska, government-owned LNG project company, AGDC: "New AGDC president to make half million dollars a year...." Socialism may not yet be in full bloom on the Last Frontier...but its Alaska spring sprouts now range from pipeline/tanker [...]
From one of our heros: Chris Nelson, a writer who provided this commentary to the Calgary Herald. With a few word changes, we could produce a commentary just like this for Alaska...or, North Dakota or California or Texas or Pennsylvania or New York or Colorado, etc. -dh According to a respected federal think-tank, Alberta’s on a slippery slope to having little energy industry left as the world turns instead to renewable sources of power. The scenario sounds like David Bowie’s epic Five Years, except we apparently have three times [...]