9-3-14 Top Energy Summits Coming

While we draw special attention to the following, upcoming meetings, we also urge readers to explore links to resource development, chamber of commerce and other similar groups in the U.S. and Canada which are linked above, and in the right-hand column.  -dh "A Plethora of Organizations?" I've heard some say, "These organizations are duplicative!  I can't support them all!" But this mindset ignores that free enterprise is under attack from a massive and well-organized ​Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal.   The foundations, political activists and Soros-supported 'not-for-profit' organizations do not suffer from stingy donors.  As [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:11-09:00September 3rd, 2014|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal|0 Comments
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8-21-14 LNG Competition: What We Can Do To Help!

Is The Alaska LNG Project In A Race With Canada's Painted Pony? Commentary on, "A Brave New World of LNG Export Competition", by Dave Harbour Our friend, James Halloran (below, right) advises his newsletter recipients this morning that LNG Project competition is intense.  This is why Alaska cannot take its resources for granted--cannot just assume that they will be both marketable and marketed.  And, we can help!  In a Brave New World of LNG export competition, Alaska's government and people need to work with and support reasonable natural resource development in the State. [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:13-09:00August 21st, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, LNG|0 Comments
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8-20-14

  Yesterday's Election Results: Scroll down for yesterday's analysis. KTUU.  The outcome of Ballot Measure 1 decided whether Alaska should keep changes the Legislature made earlier this year to the state's oil tax structure.  Controversy surrounded the divisive issue from the time legislation was proposed through the days leading to the election.

By |2016-03-13T03:55:08-09:00August 20th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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8-19-14 Today Alaskan Voters Determine Their Future!

Primary Election Day In Alaska A Historic Day Whereupon Alaskan Voters Will Determine the Future Of Their State and Their Country! by Dave Harbour ​(Responses to commentary) Alaska: Where A Deal Is A Deal? Last Spring we wrote a four part series, here, on Alaska's oil tax history going back to forty years.  We also explored Alaska's current status as a competitive investment climate and coined a phrase: "In Alaska, Is A Deal A Deal?", and variations on that theme. In one column, below, we explored the concept of a competitive investment climate/tax [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:13-09:00August 19th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law|0 Comments
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8-14-13 Yes, Russian Eyes Are On Canada, Alaska and the Lower 48

Commentary: We can't help wondering about wandering Russian eyes, now turned more than ever toward the Arctic, shared by Canada and U.S., among others.  With more incursions of Russian bombers into our airspace, with Russian aggression and energy blackmail occuring in Ukraine, with Russian interest in Exxon's Point Tompson Field, with increasing Russian involvement in North American energy projects, and, now, with Russia lobbying against exports to Europe, we wonder -- as do our good readers -- at how entangling energy alliances involving Russia will affect Alaskan and Canadian energy [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:14-09:00August 14th, 2014|Commentary|0 Comments
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8-8-14 Is Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal Destroying America? Comment: those government comment periods…

See Our Commentary On Federal Government Comment Periods Now Underway Calgary Herald by Dan Healing.  Pengrowth Energy Corp. will deliver output from its Lindbergh thermal oilsands project starting next year on a pipeline operated by heavy oil rival Husky Energy Inc., it reported Thursday after markets closed. Homer News by Tim Bradner (NGP Photo, Nikiski, Circa 2002).  The Alaska LNG Project LLC has purchased 120.4 acres from private landowners for a large liquefied natural gas plant at Nikiski, has an additional 97 acres under contract for purchase and also is working with [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:15-09:00August 8th, 2014|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|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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7-10-14 Respecting The Duty To Consult

See the LNG Project's Public Meeting Schedule here.  News Miner Story: Gasline Advisory Board          See Senator Cathy Giessel's 5-year OCS Lease Sale Comment Letter, here. Here is how our readers can comment. Respecting both "Due Process" and the “Duty to Consult" by Dave Harbour Canada's "Duty to Consult" (1,2) and America's similar concept are not and should not be just legal requirements for natural resource companies.  Consultation is a basic principle of good communications, responsible corporate citizenship, or, at the least, enlightened self interest. Bill Gallagher We have [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:18-09:00July 10th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Rule Of Law, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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7-9-14

Globe & Mail by Jeffery Jones.  A big supporter of oil sands industry expansion, as well as export pipelines such as Keystone XL, Jeff Immelt said he wants to share his company’s environmental technology as a way to win over critics concerned about the climate impact of the oil sands. Respecting the "Duty to Consult" by Dave Harbour Canada's "Duty to Consult" (1,2) is not and should not be just a legal requirement for natural resource companies -- it is a basic principle of good communications, responsible corporate citizenship, or, at [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:55:06-09:00July 9th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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7-1-14 Russian Arctic Aggression Targets Alaska and Canada

NGP Readers Connect The Dots To Anticipate the Future: We Note US Financial Misstep Yesterday (scroll down) and Defense Vulnerabilities Today...With A Little Help From CBC.  -dh CBC by Brian Steward.  ...     Putin even seems determined to test spots along the vast North American Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), which stretches out 200 miles, or 321 kilometres, beyond Canadian and U.S. continental borders.   U.S. jets intercepted Russian long-range bombers off Alaska and California this month, just the latest in an increasing number of confrontations off the Pacific coast. [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:54:43-09:00July 1st, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-30-14 FACHA’s Chances

Fairbanks News Miner, by Matt Buxton.  Things were quiet out at Flint Hills Resources’s North Pole refinery on Friday. There were crews cleaning and dismantling Crude Unit 2, the last refining unit to close in May, but gone is the loud buzz of crude being refined into gasoline and jet fuel. Commentary: FACTA and Energy (We invite readers to correct any misunderstanding we may have and offer additions/corrections.  We particularly invite comments regarding the effect of FACTA on energy companies/employees.  Comment here.) It isn't an energy issue, but, yet it [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:19-09:00June 30th, 2014|Commentary|0 Comments
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6-25-14 “This is Alaska’s time — and it feels like we’re back in the game” – ConocoPhillips Alaska President Trond-Erik Johansen

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 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:20-09:00June 25th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Progress, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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6-20-14 Happy Birthday To Prudhoe Bay!

AJC by Tim Bradner: Gov. Sean Parnell terminated TransCanada AGIA pipeline contract.  (Also see our report two days ago.  -dh) From Mail Online: Russian agents are secretly working with environmental campaigners to halt fracking operations in the UK and the rest of Europe, the head of Nato warned yesterday.  (Do we believe this effort does not extend to Canada and the Unites States?  -dh) Refer to the Federal Coordinator's new webpage for public information on the Alaska LNG Project.  -dh Prudhoe Bay and TAPS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! EPA WARNING!!! Commentary by Dave Harbour [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:21-09:00June 20th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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6-9-14 Young Republicans Sponsor Nonpartisan Oil Tax Forum

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 [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:21-09:00June 19th, 2014|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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6-6-14 Alaska D-Day Energy Speech and CBC 70th Normandy Rememberance – Pedro van Meurs On Mexican Constitutional Amendments

Pedro van Meurs On Mexican Constitutional Amendments 70th Annual Remembrance Of The Normandy Invasion: D-Day by Dave Harbour We're now watching the Canadian Broadcast Corporation's 70th D-Day Anniversary remembrance online, here. Earlier this morning in Alaska, we heard former Anchorage Mayor George Wuerch (NGP Photo), a Marine veteran himself, give a moving address to the Alaska Miners Association in his role as Chairman of Veterans For Energy Security (Alaska Chapter). His speech title could, indeed, have been, "National Security Depends On Energy Security". Wuerch reminded the audience that the attack on Pearl Harbor (Your [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:29:23-09:00June 6th, 2014|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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